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Originally posted by asaris
CSflim
Because in the commonly accepted semantics for explaining what 'possibly' and 'necessary' mean, 'possibly' means 'true in at least one possible world', and 'necessary' means 'true in all possible worlds'.
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Commonly accepted sematics does not make reality.
Defining somehting does not make it
exist in any real world. We can "say" that it exists as a concept...but that is only a sematic argument, and hence pointless.
If somehting exists only as a concept
it does not actually exist...ANYWHERE. In any reality.
Furthermore...something that exists "necessarily", exists necessarily WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR world.
This "ontological argument" is one of the silliest things I have ever argued against in my life. Granted it is very difficult, but that is due to purposeful and malicious misuse of language, and blatant anti-logic.