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    It is not the case that The full necessitism principle (Box-N) is invalid in KQML

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    • 1.KQML is not the uniquely correct modal quantified logic; stronger systems like SQML with fixed domains make Box-N a logical truth.
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    • 2.The invalidity of Box-N in KQML reflects a modeling choice about domains, not a metaphysical discovery about necessity itself.
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    • 3.Williamson argues in 'Modal Logic as Metaphysics' that necessitism is defensible precisely by rejecting variable-domain semantics as metaphysically misleading.
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    • 1.The inference from 'N is invalid in KQML' to 'Box-N is metaphysically invalid' conflates formal invalidity with falsity, a category error.
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    • 2.A formula can be invalid in a given system yet true in all genuine metaphysical possibilities if that system underrepresents modal reality.
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    • 1.Box-N entails the principle N, which states that everything that exists is necessarily identical to something
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    • 2.N is invalid in KQML because world domains can vary across possible worlds
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    • 3.If a principle entails an invalid formula, that principle is itself invalid
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