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    Therefore 'Bergoglio is not a proton' is not necessary, y... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The standard interdefinability of necessity and possibility fails under the Gap principle

    Therefore 'Bergoglio is not a proton' is not necessary, yet 'Bergoglio is a proton' is also not possible (given essential humanity)

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    Bergoglio is a contingent being, so there are worlds where he does not exist

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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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