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Higher-Order Contingentism, Part 3: Expressive Limitations

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Two expressive limitations of an infinitary higher-order modal language interpreted on models for higher-order contingentism – the thesis that it is contingent what propositions, properties and relations there are – are established: First, the inexpressibility of certain relations, which leads to the fact that certain model-theoretic existence conditions for relations cannot equivalently be reformulated in terms of being expressible in such a language. Second, the inexpressibility of certain modalized cardinality claims, which shows that in such a language, higher-order contingentists cannot express what is communicated using various instances of talk of ‘possible things’, such as ‘there are uncountably many possible stars’.

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  1. This was suggested by Kit Fine (p.c.). As he noted, this proposal also brings the existence condition for relations more in line with that of the extensional entities treated in Fine [4], but omitted in the present type hierarchy.

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In addition to those thanked in the acknowledgements of Part 1, I would like to thank a reviewer for comments on Part 3, and the editor, Frank Veltman, for all his help with the publication of the three parts.

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Appendices

Appendix: A: Projective Generation

In this appendix, Lemma 2.10 is proven. To do so, two subsidiary lemmas are established.

Lemma A.1

Let \(\mathfrak {S}=\langle W,I,D\rangle \) be an homogeneous fis , \(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }}=\langle W^{\prime },I^{\prime },D^{\prime }\rangle \) an fis and P a projection from \(\mathfrak {S}\) to \(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }}\) . For all p,qP , there are p P and \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})_{(\text {dom}(p\cap q))}\) such that pp and qp f .

Proof

By condition (ii) of projections, there is a p P such that pp and im(q) ⊆im(p ).Let f be the partial function from I to I mapping every x ∈dom(q)to p ′−1 q(x).It is routine to show that f is a finite partial permutation of I which respects worlds. Since\(\mathfrak {S}\)is homogeneous, there is an \(f^{\prime }\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})\)such that ff .It is routine to show that \(f^{\prime }\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})_{(\text {dom}(p\cap q))}\)and qp f . □

Lemma A.2

For any type t, \(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\) , \(o^{\prime }\in \iota ^{t}_{\mathfrak {F^{\prime }}}\) , pP and \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})\) , if \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\) then \(\hat {f}.oZ^{t}_{pf^{-1}}o^{\prime }\) .

Proof

By induction on types. For t = e,note that if \(o{Z^{e}_{p}}o^{\prime }\),then p(o) = o ,so p f −1 f(o) = o,whence \(\hat {f}.oZ^{e}_{pf^{-1}}o^{\prime }\).Let \(t=\bar {t}\).To show that \(\hat {f}.oZ^{t}_{pf^{-1}}o^{\prime }\),note that condition (1)follows from \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\).For condition (2), consider any qP such that p f −1q,\(v\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\),\(\bar {v}\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})^{n}\),\(\bar {o}\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}D^{t_{i}}_{v_{i}}\),and \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}\iota ^{t_{i}}_{\langle W^{\prime },I^{\prime }\rangle }\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).It will be shown that \(\bar {o}\in \hat {f}.o(v)\)iff \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(v))\).By induction hypothesis, it follows from \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\)that \(\hat {f}^{-1}.\bar {o}Z_{qf}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).Note also that pq f(for any o ∈dom(p), p(o) = p f −1 f(o) = q f(o)).Thus it follows from \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\)that \(\hat {f}^{-1}.\bar {o}\in o(\hat {f}^{-1}.v)\)iff \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(v))\).Since \(\bar {o}\in \hat {f}.o(v)\)iff \(\hat {f}^{-1}.\bar {o}\in o(\hat {f}^{-1}.v)\),the desired equivalence follows. □

Lemma 2.10 can now be proven, which claims that for all types t and pP:

  1. (i)

    \({Z^{t}_{p}}\) is a bijection from \(D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\) to \((D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\).

  2. (ii)

    For all qP, wW such that w ⊆dom(pq) and \(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\), \({Z^{t}_{p}}(o)={Z^{t}_{q}}(o)\).

Proof Proof of Lemma 2.10

By induction on types. The case of t = e is trivial for both (i) and (ii). So consider any type\(t=\bar {t}\)and pP. (i)will be established first:

Claim 1::

\({Z^{t}_{p}}\)is functional. Proof. Consider any \(o\in D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\)and \(o^{\prime },o^{\prime \prime }\in (D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\)such that \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\)and \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime \prime }\).Let vW ;it will be shown that o (v) ⊆ o (v)(the other direction follows by symmetry). So consider any\(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(v)\).Since \(D^{P}\boxtimes o^{\prime }\),there are \(\bar {v}\in W^{\prime n}\)such that \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{v_{i}}\).By condition (ii) of the definition of projections, there is a qP such that pq and \(v,v_{1},\dots ,v_{n}\in \text {im}(\dot {q})\).By induction hypothesis (i), there are \(\bar {o}\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}D^{t_{i}}_{\text {dom}(\dot {q})}\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).So it follows from \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\)that \(\bar {o}\in o(\dot {q}^{-1}(v))\),and therefore with \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime \prime }\)that \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime \prime }(v).\checkmark \)

Claim 2::

\({Z^{t}_{p}}\)is total. Proof. Consider any \(o\in D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\).Define \(o^{\prime }\in \iota ^{t}_{\mathfrak {F^{\prime }}}\)such that for all vW , o (v)is the set of \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{W^{\prime }}\)(if × = +)/ \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{v}\)(if × = −)such that there is a qP such that pq and v ⊆im(q),and n-tuple \(\bar {o}\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\)and \(\bar {o}\in o(\dot {q}^{-1}(v^{\prime }))\).It will be shown that \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\).\(D^{P}\boxtimes o^{\prime }\)is immediate by construction. So consider any qP such that pq,\(w\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\)and n-tuples \(\bar {o},\bar {o}^{\prime }\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).It will be proven that \(\bar {o}\in o(w)\)iff \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(w))\).By construction of o ,the latter follows from the former. So assume that\(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(w))\).Then by construction of o ,there is an rP such that pr and \(\dot {q}(w)\subseteq \text {im}(r)\),and n-tuple \(\bar {o}^{*}\)such that \(\bar {o}^{*}Z_{r}\bar {o}^{\prime }\)and \(\bar {o}^{*}\in o(\dot {r}^{-1}\dot {q}(w))\).By Lemma A.1, there are q ,r P such that qq , rr and an \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})_{(\text {dom}(p))}\)such that q f = r .By induction hypothesis (ii), \(\bar {o}Z_{q^{\prime }}\bar {o}^{\prime }\)and \(\bar {o}^{*}Z_{r^{\prime }}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).Thus \(\bar {o}^{*}Z_{q^{\prime }f}\bar {o}^{\prime }\),and so with Lemma A.2, \(\hat {f}.\bar {o}^{*}Z_{q^{\prime }}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).By induction hypothesis (i), \(Z^{t_{i}}_{q^{\prime }}\)is a bijection, for each in,so \(\hat {f}.\bar {o}^{*}=\bar {o}\).Thus from the fact that \(\bar {o}^{*}\in o(\dot {r}^{-1}\dot {q}(w))\),we obtain \(\bar {o}\in \hat {f}.o(\hat {f}.\dot {r}^{-1}\dot {q}(w))\).Since \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})_{(\text {dom}(p))}\)and \(o\in D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\),\(\hat {f}.o=o\),and so \(\bar {o}\in o(\hat {f}.\dot {r}^{-1}\dot {q}(w))\),from which \(\bar {o}\in o(w)\)follows with q f = r as required. \(\checkmark \)

Claim 3::

\({Z^{t}_{p}}\)is injective. Proof. Consider any \(o,o^{*}\in D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\)and \(o^{\prime }\in (D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\)such that \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\)and \(o^{*}{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\).Let wW;it will be shown that o(w) ⊆ o (w)(the other direction follows by symmetry). So consider any\(\bar {o}\in o(w)\).By condition (i) of the definition of projections, there is a qP such that pq,\(w\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\)and \(\bar {o}\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}D^{t_{i}}_{\text {dom}(\dot {q})}\).So by induction hypothesis (i), there are \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{\text {im}(\dot {q})}\)such that \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(w))\),and so \(\bar {o}\in o^{*}(w)\).\(\checkmark \)

Claim 4::

\({Z^{t}_{p}}\)is surjective. Proof. Consider any \(o^{\prime }\in (D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\).By construction of D P,there is a \(v\in \text {im}(\dot {p})\)and qP such that v ⊆im(q)and \(o^{\prime }\in {Z^{t}_{q}}[D^{t}_{\dot {q}^{-1}(v)}]\).Hence there is an \(o\in D^{t}_{\dot {q}^{-1}(v)}\)such that \(o{Z^{t}_{q}}o^{\prime }\).By Lemma A.1, there are p ,q P such that pp , qq ,and an \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})\)such that p f = q .So by Lemma A.2, \(\hat {f}.oZ^{t}_{q^{\prime }f^{-1}}o^{\prime }\),hence \(\hat {f}.oZ^{t}_{p^{\prime }}o^{\prime }\).Since \(o\in D^{t}_{\dot {q}^{-1}(v)}\),\(\hat {f}.o\in D^{t}_{\hat {f}.q^{-1}(v)}=D^{t}_{p^{-1}(v)}\).So \(\hat {f}.o\in \text {dom}({Z^{t}_{p}})\),and thus with induction hypothesis (ii), \(\hat {f}.o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\).Hence \(o^{\prime }\in \text {im}({Z^{t}_{p}})\)as required. \(\checkmark \)

(ii): Since (i) has been established, \({Z^{t}_{p}}\)must be a bijection from \(D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\)to \((D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\), for all oP. Note first that it isroutine to show that for all p,qP,if pq then\({Z^{t}_{p}}\subseteq {Z^{t}_{q}}\). Now considerany p,qP, wW such that w ⊆dom(pq)and\(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\); it will be shown that\({Z^{t}_{p}}(o)={Z^{t}_{q}}(o)\). By Lemma A.1,there are p ,q P and \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}(\mathfrak {S})_{(w)}\)suchthat pp , qq and p f = q . Since\(Z_{p}\subseteq Z_{p^{\prime }}\),\({Z^{t}_{p}}(o)=Z^{t}_{p^{\prime }}(o)\), which byLemma A.2 is \(Z^{t}_{p^{\prime }f}(\hat {f}^{-1}.o)\).Since \(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\),\(\hat {f}^{-1}.o=o\), so\({Z^{t}_{p}}(o)=Z^{t}_{p^{\prime }f}(o)\), which is\(Z^{t}_{q^{\prime }}(o)\). With thefact that \({Z^{t}_{q}}\subseteq Z^{t}_{q^{\prime }}\), itfollows that \({Z^{t}_{p}}(o)={Z^{t}_{q}}(o)\). □

Appendix: B: FFISs and Bi-Projections

This appendix proves Theorem 3.5. For the following, let \(\mathfrak {S}=\langle W,I,B\rangle \) and \(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }}=\langle W^{\prime },I^{\prime },B^{\prime }\rangle \) be ffis, and P a bi-projection from \(\mathfrak {S}\) to \(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }}\). Let D and D be the domain assignments of \(\otimes \mathfrak {S}\) and \(\otimes \mathfrak {S^{\prime }}\), Z the extension of P as defined above, and \(D^{P^{-1}}\) and D P the domain assignments of the structures projectively generated by P −1 and P, respectively.

Definition B.1

For any pP,define a relation \({Z^{p}_{p}}\subseteq \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\times \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\)such that for all \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\)and \(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\),\(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\)iff

  • supp(f) ⊆dom(p),

  • supp(g) ⊆im(p),and

  • p f(o) = g p(o)for all o ∈supp(f).

Lemma B.2

For any pP , \(w\in \text {dom}(\dot {p})\) and \(f\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }},\dot {p}(w))\) such that supp(f) ⊆im(p), there is a \(g\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S},w)\) such that \(g{Z^{p}_{p}}f\) .

Proof

Define g : II suchthat for all oI,

  • \(g(o)=\left \{\begin {array}{ll} p^{-1}fp(o) & \text { if } o\in \text {dom}(p) \\ o & \text { otherwise} \end {array}\right .\)

It is routine to check that \(g\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S},w)\)and \(g{Z^{p}_{p}}f\). □

Lemma B.3

Let p,qP , \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\) and \(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\) . If \(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\) and pq then \(f^{-1}{Z^{p}_{q}}g^{-1}\) .

Proof

Routine. □

Lemma B.4

For all types t:

  • (i) For all pP , \(f\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\) , \(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\) such that \(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\) and \(\langle o,o^{\prime }\rangle \in {Z^{t}_{p}}\) , \(\hat {f}.o{Z^{t}_{p}}\hat {g}.o^{\prime }\) .

  • (ii) For all pP , \(({Z^{t}_{p}})^{-1}=Z^{t}_{p^{-1}}\) .

  • (iii) For all vW , \(D^{\prime t}_{v}=(D^{P})^{t}_{v}\) .

Proof

By induction on types. Let t = e.(i): Let pP,\(f\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\),\(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\)suchthat \(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\)and \(\langle o,o^{\prime }\rangle \in {Z^{e}_{p}}\).Then o ∈dom(p),so p(o) = o .Since \(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\), p f(o) = g p(o), so p f(o) = g(o ), i.e.,\(\hat {f}.o{Z^{e}_{p}}\hat {g}.o^{\prime }\). (ii) and (iii) areimmediate. So let \(t=\bar {t}\).

(i)::

Consider any pP,\(f\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S})\),\(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\)such that \(f{Z^{p}_{p}}g\)and \(\langle o,o^{\prime }\rangle \in {Z^{t}_{p}}\).Then \(\hat {f}.o\in D^{t}_{\hat {f}.\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\).Since supp(f) ⊆dom(p),\(\hat {f}.\text {dom}(\dot {p})=\text {dom}(\dot {p})\),so \(\hat {f}.o\in D^{t}_{\text {dom}(\dot {p})}\).It will be shown that \(\hat {f}.o{Z^{t}_{p}}\hat {g}.o^{\prime }\)by checking conditions (1) and (2) of the construction of Z.

(1): Consider any vW and \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in \hat {g}.o^{\prime }(v)\).Then \(\hat {g}^{-1}.\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\hat {g}^{-1}.v)\).Since \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\),\(D^{P}\boxtimes o^{\prime }\),so there are \(\bar {v}\in W^{\prime n} \)such that \(\hat {g}^{-1}.\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{v_{i}}\).\(g\in \text {aut}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\),so by Part 1, Lemma 3 (i), \(\hat {g}\in \text {aut}(\otimes \mathfrak {S^{\prime }})\).Since by IH (iii), \((D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{v_{i}}=D^{\prime t_{i}}_{v_{i}}\)for all in,it follows that \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{\hat {g}.v_{i}}\).If × = −,it can be assumed that v i = v for all i < n,and therefore \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in {\Pi }_{i\leq n}(D^{P})^{t_{i}}_{\hat {g}.v}\).Thus \(D^{P}\boxtimes \bar {o}^{\prime }\).

(2): Consider any qP such that pq,\(w\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\)and n-tuples \(\bar {o},\bar {o}^{\prime }\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).It will be proven that \(\bar {o}\in \hat {f}.o(w)\)iff \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in \hat {g}.o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(w))\).By Lemma B.3, \(f^{-1}{Z^{p}_{q}}g^{-1}\),so by IH (i), \(\hat {f}^{-1}.\bar {o}Z_{q}\hat {g}^{-1}.\bar {o}^{\prime }\).Since \(\text {supp}(f)\subseteq \text {dom}(\dot {q})\),\(\hat {f}^{-1}.w\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\),so \(\hat {f}^{-1}.\bar {o}\in o(\hat {f}^{-1}.w)\)iff \(\hat {g}^{-1}.\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o^{\prime }(\dot {q}(\hat {f}^{-1}.w))\),and so \(\bar {o}\in \hat {f}.o(w)\)iff \(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in \hat {g}.o^{\prime }(\hat {g}.\dot {q}(\hat {f}^{-1}.w))\). q f = g q,so \(\hat {g}.\dot {q}(\hat {f}^{-1}.w)=\dot {q}(w)\),from which the desired claim follows.

(ii)::

Let pP.By symmetry, it suffices to show that if \(\langle o,o^{\prime }\rangle \in {Z^{t}_{p}}\)then \(\langle o^{\prime },o\rangle \in Z^{t}_{p^{-1}}\).So assume \(\langle o,o^{\prime }\rangle \in {Z^{t}_{p}}\).Then there is a \(w\in \text {dom}(\dot {p})\)such that \(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\)and \(o^{\prime }\in (D^{P})^{t}_{\dot {p}(w)}\).It will first be shown that \(o^{\prime }\in D^{\prime t}_{\dot {p}(w)}\).By Lemma 3.3, it suffices to show that \(D^{\prime }\boxtimes o^{\prime }\)and \(\hat {f}.o^{\prime }=o^{\prime }\)for all \(f\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }},\dot {p}(w))\).By Lemma 2.10 (ii), \(o^{\prime }\in (D^{P})^{t}_{\text {im}(\dot {p})}\),so with the fact that the structure projectively generated by P is a ×structure,it follows that \(D^{P}\boxtimes o^{\prime }\).Therefore by IH (iii), \(D^{\prime }\boxtimes o^{\prime }\).So consider any \(f\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S^{\prime }},\dot {p}(w))\).Since supp(f)is finite, there is a qP such that pq and supp(f) ⊆im(q).So by Lemma B.2, there is a \(g\in \text {fix}^{i}_{\omega }(\mathfrak {S},w)\)such that \(g{Z^{p}_{q}}f\).By Lemma 2.10 (ii), \(o{Z^{t}_{q}}o^{\prime }\),so with claim (i) of the present lemma, \(\hat {g}.o{Z^{t}_{q}}\hat {f}.o^{\prime }\).As \(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\),\(\hat {g}.o=o\),so \(o{Z^{t}_{q}}\hat {f}.o^{\prime }\).Hence by the functionality of \({Z^{t}_{q}}\),established in Lemma 2.10 (i), \(\hat {f}.o^{\prime }=o^{\prime }\).

With \(o^{\prime }\in D^{\prime t}_{\dot {p}(w)}\)established, it can be proven that \(o^{\prime }Z^{t}_{p^{-1}}o\)by checking conditions (1) and (2) of the definition of Z. Since\(o\in {D^{t}_{w}}\),\(D\boxtimes o\),so by IH, \(D^{P^{-1}}\boxtimes o\).For condition (2), consider any qP −1such that p −1q,\(v\in \text {dom}(\dot {q})\)and n-tuples \(\bar {o},\bar {o}^{\prime }\)such that \(\bar {o}Z_{q}\bar {o}^{\prime }\).By IH, \(\bar {o}^{\prime }Z_{q^{-1}}\bar {o}\);also q −1P, pq −1and \(\dot {q}(v)\in \text {dom}(\dot {q}^{-1})\).So by \(o{Z^{t}_{p}}o^{\prime }\),\(\bar {o}^{\prime }\in o(\dot {q}(v))\)iff \(\bar {o}\in o^{\prime }(v)\),as required for condition (2). So \(o^{\prime }Z^{t}_{p^{-1}}o\).

(iii)::

Let vW .By condition (iii) of the definition of projections, there is a pP such that \(v\in \text {im}(\dot {p})\).By Lemma 2.11, \(D^{\prime t}_{v}=\text {dom}\left (Z^{t}_{p^{-1}|v}\right )=\text {dom}\left (Z^{t}_{(p|p^{-1}(v))^{-1}}\right )\).By (ii), this is \(\text {im}\left (Z^{t}_{p|p^{-1}(v)}\right )\),which by Lemma 2.11 again is \(\text {im}\left ({Z^{t}_{p}}|D^{t}_{p^{-1}(v)}\right )\).By Lemma 2.10 (i), this is \((D^{P})^{t}_{v}\).

Proof Proof of Theorem 3.5

Immediate by Lemma B.4. □

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Fritz, P. Higher-Order Contingentism, Part 3: Expressive Limitations. J Philos Logic 47, 649–671 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-017-9443-0

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