It is fairly common, among those who think propositions exist, to think they exist necessarily. Here, I consider three arguments
in support of that conclusion. What I hope to show is not that that claim is false, but, rather, that the arguments used in
its defense tend to presuppose a certain kind of approach to modality: a roughly Plantingian view. What the arguments show,
then, is that one cannot accept that approach to modality and accept contingently existing propositions. But there are other
approaches to modality – I discuss three such approaches – into which contingently existing propositions fit perfectly well.
This suggests that disputes over, for example, singular propositions, must be conducted within a broader agreement over modal
matters if they are to be at all productive.