Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Nathan Salmon and Jonathan Swift

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / b. Impossible worlds

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Impossible worlds are also ways for things to be [Salmon,N]

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Denial of impossible worlds involves two different confusions [Salmon,N]

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Without impossible worlds, how things might have been is the only way for things to be [Salmon,N]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

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Possible worlds rely on what might have been, so they can' be used to define or analyse modality [Salmon,N]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Possible worlds are maximal abstract ways that things might have been [Salmon,N]

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Possible worlds just have to be 'maximal', but they don't have to be consistent [Salmon,N]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions

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You can't define worlds as sets of propositions, and then define propositions using worlds [Salmon,N]