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    Challenges→Hyperintensional distinctions between necessarily equivalent propositions are impossible.

    Possible worlds semantics identifies propositions with sets of possible worlds, but this framework provably cannot distinguish logically equivalent mathematical truths like Fermat's Last Theorem from Goldbach's Conjecture.

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    Fermat's Last Theorem(as a specific mathematical statement being used as an example)
    A famous math problem (now proven true) stating that certain equations with whole numbers have no solutions—it puzzled mathematicians for 358 years.
    Goldbach's conjecture(Remains unproved as of the time of writing; used as the running example for discussion of partial descriptions and algorithmic complexity.)
    The conjecture, stated in 1742, that every even integer greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers.
    logically equivalent(used to describe when different phrasings express the identical logical claim)
    Two statements are logically equivalent when they mean exactly the same thing and must always have the same truth value (both true or both false).
    possible worlds semantics(Philosophy of language)
    A propositionalist approach that identifies propositions with sets of possible worlds.

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    proposition(Used in the context of a semantic theory sensitive to differences in subject matter.)
    The content expressed by a sentence, individuated at least in part by the subject matter of the sentence and the contents of its subsentential expressions.

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