The best possible option of impossible worlds: Hybrid Modal Realism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14232/kulonbseg.2018.18.1.228Keywords:
modal realism, possible worlds, David Lewis, impossible worldsAbstract
In this paper I reconstruct the merits and drawbacks of the concretist and abstractionist theories of possible worlds and face them with the challenge of impossible worlds. I show how these two types of theories deal with the problem of impossibilities, and argue that the best option is two advance the so-called hybrid modal realism, namely concret possible worlds and abstract impossible worlds. Finally, as a conclusion, I highlight some of the disadvantages of this view as well and note the possibility of a Carnap-like solution.
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Published
2018-06-27
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Tuboly, T. Ádám. (2018). The best possible option of impossible worlds: Hybrid Modal Realism. Különbség (Difference), 18(1). https://doi.org/10.14232/kulonbseg.2018.18.1.228
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