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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Introduction: Truth and Truth-Making' and 'Nature's Metaphysics'

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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula
The plausible Barcan formula implies modality in the actual world [Bird]
     Full Idea: Modality in the actual world is the import of the Barcan formula, and there are good reasons for accepting the Barcan formula.
     From: Alexander Bird (Nature's Metaphysics [2007], 1.2)
     A reaction: If you thought logic was irrelevant to metaphysics, this should make you think twice.
Truth-maker theorists should probably reject the converse Barcan formula [Rami]
     Full Idea: There are good reasons for the truth-maker theorist to reject the converse Barcan formula.
     From: Adolph Rami (Introduction: Truth and Truth-Making [2009], note 16)
     A reaction: In the text (p.15) Rami cites the inference from 'necessarily everything exists' to 'everything exists necessarily'. [See Williamson 1999]