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    Challenges→The proposition 'Always, if every A is B, then every C is D' implies 'Never, if every A is B, then not every C is D'

    Under a descriptional reading, 'Always, if every A is B, then every C is D' can be true in all actual cases while 'not every C is D' holds in unrealized possible antecedent-scenarios.

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    Antecedent(referring to causal conditions that would exist before Plato's decision)
    Something that comes before something else in time; in this case, an earlier event or cause.
    Descriptional reading(as used in logic and language philosophy)
    A way of interpreting a statement by focusing on what it literally describes rather than what it might imply about reality.
    Modal logic(logic)
    A system of logic that deals with concepts like possibility, necessity, and what could or must be true.
    Possible worlds / possible antecedent-scenarios(as used in modal logic and metaphysics)
    Imaginary alternative situations or realities that could have happened but didn't—used to think through what would be true if things were different.
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