Is everything a world?

被引:4
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作者
Parsons, Josh [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
关键词
Modal Logic; Actual World; Modal Realism; Extrinsic Property; Counterpart Theory;
D O I
10.1007/s11098-007-9078-z
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
This paper discusses "inclusionism" in the context of David Lewis's modal realism (and in the context of parasitic accounts of modality such as\ John Divers's agnosticism about possible worlds). This is the doctrine that everything is a world. I argue that this doctrine would be beneficial to Divers-style agnosticism; that it suggests a reconfiguration of the concept of actuality in modal realism; and finally that it suffers from an as-yet unsolved difficulty, the problem of the unmarried husbands. This problem also shows that Stephen Yablo's analysis of "intrinsic" is inadequate.
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页码:165 / 181
页数:17
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