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    The supporting argument's regress of 'worse worlds' presupposes an infinite evaluative continuum, but ordinal rankings of worlds do not entail the worlds ranked are themselves infinite in number.

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    Key Terms

    Entail(In logical reasoning and argumentation)
    To logically follow or guarantee as a necessary consequence; if something is true, what does it force to also be true?
    Regress(as used in epistemology and logic)
    An infinite chain of reasoning where each explanation requires another explanation, like asking 'why?' infinitely and never reaching a final answer.
    evaluative continuum(as used in value theory and ranking systems)
    A smooth, unbroken scale for measuring or ranking how good or bad something is, with infinite points in between the extremes.
    ordinal rankings(as used in logic and mathematics)
    Putting things in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) based on how they compare to each other, rather than giving them actual numerical scores.
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    Worlds that have existence in a tenuous sense; fictional worlds used to characterize the nature of possibles that are never actualized

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