Do Modal Distinctions Collapse in Carnap’s System?

Journal of Philosophical Logic 23 (6):575 - 593 (1994)
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Føllesdal (1966 and 1969) claims that modal distinctions collapse, that is that p and Necessarily p are equivalent, in any system of modal logic that incorporates a standard theory of definite descriptions, like the one proposed by Carnap in M&N. I argue that his argument fails.

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