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    Conceptualism denies that propositions necessarily exist

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    On Adams's approach, the members of any world are true in that worldThe Adams (1981) approach to truth at a world is incompatible with conceptualismThe members of any and every world are propositionsTherefore, on Adams's approach, it is necessary that there are propositions

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    Conceptualism requires that propositions not necessarily exist92%If a proposition is true, then that proposition must exist (P1).88%There exist such things as propositions87%If a proposition is true, then that proposition exists (P1).86%

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    Suppose, however, that worlds were conceived as world stories, i.e., as maximal consistent sets of propositions (see Section 2). How, then, might truth at a world be understood? One approach, favored by Adams (1981), is to explain truth at a world in terms of truth in a world, understanding the latter to amount to truth were the world actual (were all its members true). On this approach, we would understand what is true at a world in terms of what is true in it, together with certain facts abo

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