1.8 The presence and modality of a factor is informed by the constitution of the case, for that involves the interplay of factors and thus the phenomena specific to it; phenomena germane to the combinations as such (which we describe as “emergent phenomena”). The substance is constant as the abstract structure of all presences is Being, yet the modality of each presence as well as the effective emergent phenomena render it subject to change. 2.11.1 If god is a presence, there can be many gods just as there are many presences.