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    Therefore P5's claim that S is 'necessarily possible acro... — Carmelics
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    Therefore P5's claim that S is 'necessarily possible across all worlds' assumes a robust realist modal ontology that is itself contested and cannot be presupposed.

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    • 1.Modal claims about 'all possible worlds' require ontological commitment to abstract possible-world entities or truthmakers.
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    • 2.Conceptualism and fictionalism offer competing frameworks for modality that don't presuppose robust realist modal ontology.
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    • 3.Assuming contested metaphysics without argument begs the question against legitimate rival modal frameworks.
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    • 1.All modal discourse—including anti-realist positions—presupposes some framework making modal truths determinate, not just 'assumptions.'
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    • 2.Rejecting robust realism doesn't dissolve the problem; it relocates metaphysical burden without eliminating disputed commitments.
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    • 3.The charge of presupposition is performatively self-undermining: the critique itself relies on modal and logical framework assumptions.
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