   A solution (proposed by McCracken) to these related problems is to tie the continued existence of ordinary objects to God’s will, rather than to his understanding. McCracken’s suggestion is that unperceived objects continue to exist as God’s decrees. Such an account in terms of divine decrees or volitions looks promising: The tree continues to exist when unperceived just in case God has an appropriate volition or intention to cause a tree-idea in finite perceivers under the right circumstances.  Furthermore, this solution has important textual support: In the Three Dialogues, Hylas challenges Philonous to account for the creation, given that all existence is mind-dependent, in his view, but everything must exist eternally in the mind of God. Philonous responds as follows: