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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-01 - Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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The notion of possible worlds has played a decisive role in postclassical narratology by awakening interest in the nature of fictionality and in emphasizing the
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Takashi Yagisawa argues for a new version of modal realism, the view that non-actual possible worlds and individuals are as real as the actual ones. He asserts
Possible Worlds
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Authors: Rod Girle
Categories: Philosophy
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Ever since Saul Kripke and others developed a semantic interpretation for modal logic, 'possible worlds' has been a much debated issue in contemporary metaphysi
The Impossible
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Authors: Mark Jago
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In this book the author presents a philosophical account of meaningful thought: in particular, how it is meaningful to think about things that are impossible.--