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    It is not the case that The proposition <there are trees> is actually abstract

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    • 1.P2 is false: a proposition can be false in a world without existing in that world (truth is world-relative, existence is not).
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    • 2.On Plantinga's own actualist semantics, propositions have truth-values at worlds they are merely 'about', without being located there.
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    • 3.If propositions need not exist at worlds where they have truth-values, the inference to possible existence without concreta collapses.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.P5 smuggles in essentialism about abstractness, but Linsky and Zalta's 'contingent abstract objects' view permits entities that are abstract in some worlds and concrete in others.
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    • 2.If abstractness is not essential to propositions, a proposition that exists without concreta in some world may still be actually concrete, defeating the modal transfer.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.The proposition <there are trees> is false in a world without concrete entities
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    • 2.If a proposition is false in a world, it must exist in that world
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    • 3.Therefore <there are trees> possibly exists in a world without concrete entities
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