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Full Idea
Properties and the relations between them introduce modal connections in the actual world. ..This is a strong form of actualism, since all of modality is part of the fundamental fabric of the actual world.
Gist of Idea
All modality is in the properties and relations of the actual world
Source
Jonathan D. Jacobs (A Powers Theory of Modality [2010], §4)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.8
A Reaction
This is the view of modality which I find most congenial, with the notion of 'powers' giving us the conceptual framework on which to build an account.