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    It is not the case that The argument from possibility may be a specific version of the argument from necessary truths

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    • 1.Modal facts about possibility are ontological, concerning how things could be, not merely logical or semantic necessary truths.
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    • 2.Kripke's a posteriori necessary truths demonstrate that necessity and logical/conceptual truth are distinct categories.
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    • 3.The argument from possibility draws on metaphysical modality, which requires a separate grounding story from abstract necessary truths.
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    • 1.Leibniz's argument from possibility grounds possible essences in the divine intellect, making God prior to necessary truths, not their co-explanandum.
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    • 2.If God is the ontological ground of necessary truths, collapsing the two arguments conflates the explanandum with its explanation.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Truths about what is possible are necessary truths
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    • 2.The argument from possibility derives conclusions from facts about what is possible
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