The Limits of Modality

It is commonly assumed that all propositions have modal profiles and therefore bear their truth-values either contingently or necessarily. In what follows, I argue against this commonly assumed view and in defense of amodalism, according to which certain true propositions are neither necessarily nor contingently true, but only true simpliciter. My defense of amodalism proceeds indirectly. I begin by considering three arguments against possible worlds theory, which holds that modal concepts are to be analyzed in terms of possible worlds. Although each of these arguments targets a different version of possible worlds theory, these versions jointly exhaust the entire range of possible worlds theories. So, after showing that each argument is naturally addressed by adopting amodalism, I argue that all defenders of possible worlds theory ought to accept amodalism.