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Possible Worlds as Propositions.

Realists about possible worlds typically identify possible worlds with abstract objects, such as propositions or properties. However, they face a significant objection due to Lewis (1986), to the effect that there is no way to explain how possible worlds-as-abstract objects represent possibilities....

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Published in:Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 21 - 40
Main Author: Deasy, Daniel
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2025
Subjects:
Proposition (Logic)
Lewis, David K. (David Kellogg), 1941-2001
Realism
Metaphysics
Abstract thought
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