Are There Ultimately Founded Propositions?
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Can we find propositions that cannot rationally be denied in any possible world without assuming the existence of that same proposition, and so involving ourselves in a contradiction? In other words, can we find transworld propositions needing no further foundation or justification? Basically, three differing positions can be imagined: firstly, a relativist position, according to which ultimately founded propositions are impossible; secondly, a meta-relativist position, according to which ultimately founded propositions are possible but unnecessary; and thirdly, an absolute position, according to which such propositions are necessary. In this short essay I show that under the premise of modal logic S5 with constant domain there are ultimately founded propositions and that their existence is even necessary, and I will give some reasons for the superiority of S5 over other logics.
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lógica S5, lógica modal, proposiciones de fundamentación última, relativismo, absolutologic S5, modal logic, ultimately founded propositions, relativism, absolute
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Damschen, G. (2010). Are There Ultimately Founded Propositions?. Universitas Philosophica, 27(54). Retrieved from https://ojspuj.repositoriodigital.com/index.php/vniphilosophica/article/view/11075
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