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    It is not the case that Kripke's possible worlds semantics requires that the domain function D assign objects to worlds, and those objects must exist in the metatheory regardless of which world is designated actual.

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    • 1.The metatheory's objects need not be ontologically prior; semantics can work with world-relative domains that don't transcend worlds.
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    • 2.Requiring all possible objects in a single metatheoretic domain privileges actuality and undermines the autonomy of other possible worlds.
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    • 3.Quantification across worlds can be formalized without positing a domain-function; accessible-world relations provide sufficient structure.
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    • 1.Possible worlds semantics requires a fixed domain of objects to evaluate propositions across all worlds consistently.
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    • 2.Without a metatheoretic domain independent of actuality, we cannot coherently compare what exists in different possible worlds.
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    • 3.Kripke's framework treats possible worlds as abstract mathematical objects in the metatheory, requiring their contents to exist there.
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