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    Modal discourse can be fully systematized via ersatzism: ... — Carmelics
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    Modal discourse can be fully systematized via ersatzism: abstract representations of possibilities constructed from actual-world materials suffice for all theoretical work.

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    • 1.Ersatzism avoids commitment to infinite concrete possible worlds, achieving theoretical parsimony while explaining modal truths.
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    • 2.Abstract constructions from actual materials are epistemically accessible without postulating causally inert metaphysical realms.
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    • 3.All modal claims reducible to claims about abstract representations can be verified or falsified using standard logical methods.
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    • 1.Some modal truths (e.g., counterfactuals about unactualized contingencies) may outstrip what abstract constructions can represent.
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    • 2.Ersatzism struggles explaining why particular abstract representations correspond to genuine possibilities rather than mere fictions.
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    • 3.Systematic modal discourse requires capturing modal content independent of constructive apparatus, which ersatzism cannot guarantee.
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