Q&A: Necessarily True in Relation to Possible Worlds
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Necessarily True in Relation to Possible Worlds
Question
It would seem that possible worlds are not a correct definition of what is necessarily true, because suppose I know that in every world certain laws apply — that still is not necessarily true. So in fact there is a distinction between something that is necessarily true in reality and something that is necessarily true by virtue of the concept itself. It seems to me that possible worlds do not define this.
Answer
Search here on the site for columns on modal logic. This has been explained several times.