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Quote: a necessary fact is true in all possible worlds; e.g., if the Goldbach conjecture is true, it is necessarily true
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The second concept [after naming] which is in question … what I am concerned with here is a … sense. … If [something] is true, might it have been … way it is? If the answer is "no," … this fact about the world is contingent one. … The Goldbach conjecture says that an even number … is presumably necessary, and, if it is false, … Google-1 Google-2
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