The Dependence Problem: Theism, Counterpossibles, and Necessity

Dissertation, University of Toronto (1998)
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This dissertation explores various attempts to solve the Dependence Problem problem posed by the following question: How can necessary truths stand to God in a one-way relation of dependence, given that neither they nor God could have failed to exist?

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