The Ontology of Impossible Worlds
Vander Laan, David A.
Notre Dame J. Formal Logic, Tome 38 (1997) no. 4, p. 597-620 / Harvested from Project Euclid
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The best arguments for possible worlds as states of affairs furnish us with equally good arguments for impossible worlds of the same sort. I argue for a theory of impossible worlds on which the impossible worlds correspond to maximal inconsistent classes of propositions. Three objections are rejected. In the final part of the paper, I present a menu of impossible worlds and explore some of their interesting formal properties.
Publié le : 1997-10-14
Classification:  03A05,  03B45 
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Vander Laan, David A. The Ontology of Impossible Worlds. Notre Dame J. Formal Logic, Tome 38 (1997) no. 4, pp.  597-620. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1039540772/