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In modal logic, modal collapse is the condition in which every true statement is necessarily true; that is to say, there are no contingent truths.[1]

In the context of philsophy, the term is commonly used in critiques of ontological arguments for the existence of God.

References

  1. ^ Tomaszewski, Christopher (2019-04-01). "Collapsing the modal collapse argument: On an invalid argument against divine simplicity". Analysis. 79 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1093/analys/any052. ISSN 0003-2638.


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