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# Formal Proof of Extended Modal Realism (EMR) by Necessity
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## Definitions
- Let **U** be the universe, the totality of all empirical facts.
- Let **M(U)** be a formal model of the universe: a set of propositions or axioms that, in principle, accounts for all truths about **U**.
- Let **PSR** be the Principle of Sufficient Reason: *Every fact or truth has a sufficient explanation.*
- Let **EMR** be **Extended Modal Realism**: *All logically possible worlds exist — the actual world is just one among them.*
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## Step 1: The Universe as a Formal System of Itself
**P1.1**Any theory that purports to explain all truths about the universe must include a model **M(U)** that expresses those truths formally.
**P1.2**If **M(U)** is sufficiently expressive (e.g., includes arithmetic), consistent, and recursively enumerable, then Gödels First Incompleteness Theorem applies.
**C1**Therefore, **M(U)** is incomplete: there exist true statements about **U** that are unprovable within **M(U)**.
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## Step 2: Rejection of Strong Empiricism
**P2.1**Strong empiricism asserts that all truths are derivable from empirical observation (i.e., from within **M(U)**).
**P2.2**But from **C1**, some truths about **U** are not derivable from within any empirical model.
**C2**Therefore, strong empiricism is false.
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## Step 3: Refutation of Brutalism
**P3.1**A brutalist response to **C1** is to treat Gödelian truths as brute — true but without explanation.
**P3.2**Suppose we add such a brute proposition to **M(U)** to form **M(U)**.
**P3.3**By Gödel, **M(U)** is also incomplete — a new unprovable truth **G(M)** emerges.
**P3.4**This process iterates infinitely. There is no final complete model reachable by brute supplementation.
**C3**Brutalism fails to halt explanatory incompleteness and degenerates into an infinite series of ungrounded assumptions.
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## Step 4: PSR is the Only Stable Principle of Explanation
**P4.1**PSR demands that *all* truths, including foundational ones, have sufficient reason.
**P4.2**Empiricism fails to explain all truths (**C2**); brutalism fails to explain any truths coherently (**C3**).
**C4**Therefore, PSR is the only principle that preserves rational explanation in metaphysics.
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## Step 5: Axiom-Based Theories Violate PSR
**P5.1**All finite metaphysical systems (e.g., theism, materialism, idealism, structural realism) begin with a finite set of axioms.
**P5.2**Axioms are, by definition, unexplained assumptions within a system.
**P5.3**By **P4.1**, PSR rejects any unexplained assumptions.
**C5**Therefore, all axiom-based theories of reality violate PSR and are necessarily false if PSR is true.
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## Step 6: Only EMR Contains No Axioms
**P6.1**Extended Modal Realism (EMR) asserts that all logically possible worlds exist.
**P6.2**EMR assumes no privileged world, no arbitrary structure, no selected laws — **every possibility is realized**.
**P6.3**Therefore, EMR posits no unexplained exclusions or brute facts — it has no axioms.
**C6**EMR satisfies the PSR fully.
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## Step 7: EMR is the Only Metaphysical Theory Consistent with PSR
**P7.1**From **C4**, PSR is the only stable principle of explanation.
**P7.2**From **C5**, all axiom-based theories violate PSR.
**P7.3**From **C6**, EMR is the only theory that satisfies PSR.
**C7**Therefore, **EMR is the only metaphysical theory that satisfies the PSR**.
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## Final Conclusion
> **If the Principle of Sufficient Reason is true, then Extended Modal Realism is necessarily true.**
> **All other theories of reality are either incomplete, arbitrary, or incoherent.**