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    Since W and W1 have the same properties, W1 is identical ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→There is something (some proposition q) that explains the Big Conjunctive Contingent Fact (BCCF) of the actual world.

    Since W and W1 have the same properties, W1 is identical to the actual world.

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    If one grants modal Axiom S5 (if it is possible that it is necessary that \(p\), then it is necessary that \(p\)), the critical premise in the argument is the second, and Gale and Pruss proceed to defend it using their weak PSR. They begin with the notion of a Big Conjunctive Fact (BCF), which is the totality of propositions that would be true of any possible world were it actualized. Since all possible worlds would have the same necessary propositions, they are differentiated by their Big Conjunctive Contingent Fact (BCCF), which would contain different contingent propositions. Let \(p\) be t...

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