Without independent grounds for granting that maximal greatness is instantiated in some possible world, the modalargument begs the question by smuggling existence into the premise set.
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Made real or brought into existence as an actual example; like when a concept becomes a real thing you can observe.
modal argument(Kripke's critique of Fregean descriptivism in Naming and Necessity)
An argument against Fregean descriptivism that uses considerations about necessity and possibility to show that names and their associated descriptions differ in modal behavior
possible world(Leibniz's account of modality; 'existence' of possible worlds is shorthand for compossibility, not literal existence)
A set of compossible essences — a maximal collection of individual natures that can co-exist without contradiction
premise set(as used in logic)
The collection of initial statements or assumptions that an argument starts with before drawing conclusions.