An alternative semantics for quantified modal logic

Authors

Luciano Vicente
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5795-4452 (unauthenticated)
Paulo Vitor Melo Vial Domingues
University of São Paulo image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-1457 (unauthenticated)

Synopsis

This paper proposes an alternative, alien-free semantics for quantified modal logic grounded on a radical being-constraint principle. The authors argue that only actual entities can appear in the extension of non-modal formulas, including their negations, and they formalize this constraint through a novel model-theoretic framework. Philosophical motivations and implications are discussed, especially regarding actualism, contingentism, and essentialism. 

Author Biographies

Luciano Vicente, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professor Associado na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). 

Paulo Vitor Melo Vial Domingues, University of São Paulo

Mestrado pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

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Published

August 21, 2025