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    The standard definition of possibility (◇φ ≡ ¬□¬φ) fails ... — Carmelics
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    The standard definition of possibility (◇φ ≡ ¬□¬φ) fails under the Gap principle

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    • 1.Under Gap, in worlds where Bergoglio does not exist, '¬Hb' (Bergoglio is not human) is not statable and hence not true
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    • 2.Therefore '¬Hb' is not true in any world, so ¬◇¬Hb holds
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    • 3.But □Hb (Bergoglio is necessarily human) does not follow, because 'Hb' is also not statable in Bergoglio-free worlds and hence not true there either
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    The logical implications of Gap are dramatic. Note first that the usual interdefinability of necessity and possibility fails. To see this for the particular case of SQML’s \(\Diamond\textbf{Def}\), consider, say, the obvious truth that Bergoglio is not a subatomic particle—say, a proton, \(\neg \sfP\sfb\). Since Bergoglio is a contingent being, there are worlds where he doesn’t exist. Hence, there are worlds where \(\neg \sfP\sfb\) fails to be statable and thus, by Gap, where it is neither tru
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