Structural Limits of Modal Necessity and the Failure of Necessary Existence
Abstract
Standard critiques of ontological, cosmological, and related theistic arguments typically operate within the same modal or metaphysical framework they assess. They ask whether the premises are plausible, whether modal principles such as S5 are justified, or whether particular inferential steps are valid (Oppy, 1996; Sobel, 2004). By contrast, the present analysis questions whether formal modal systems are the appropriate instruments for establishing existential conclusions at all.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Logic
Reasoning
and Knowledge
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint