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    Under Gap, a statement that is not statable in some world... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The standard interdefinability of necessity and possibility fails under the Gap principle

    Under Gap, a statement that is not statable in some world is neither true nor false in that world

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    Bergoglio is a contingent being, so there are worlds where he does not existIf a statement is not true in some world, it is not necessaryIn worlds where Bergoglio does not exist, 'Bergoglio is not a proton' is not sta...The standard interdefinability of necessity and possibility fails under the Gap ...

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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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