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    If an agent has the ability to perform an act, the agent ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Performing an act at some possible world is both necessary and sufficient for having the ability to perform that act.

    If an agent has the ability to perform an act, the agent performs that act at some possible world.

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    According to (MA), performing an act at some possible world (or set of worlds) is both necessary and sufficient for having the ability to perform that act. One way of challenging this claim is to deny the necessity claim: that is, to argue that it is sometimes the case that an agent is able to perform an act that she does not perform at any possible world.

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