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The Empty World as the Null Conjunction of States of Affairs.

If possible worlds are conjunctions of states of affairs, as in David Armstrong's combinatorial theory, then is the empty world to be thought of as the null conjunction of states of affairs? The proposal seems plausible, and has received support from David Efird, Tom Stoneham, and Armstrong himself....

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Publicado en:Erkenntnis Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 989 - 999
Autor principal: De Clercq, Rafael
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2025
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