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A possible world is a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been. Possible worlds are widely used as a formal device in logic, philosophy, and linguistics in order to provide a semantics for intensional and modal logic.
18. Okt. 2013 · The reason for this is clear: abstract possible worlds are defined in irreducibly modal terms — a possible world is an SOA that (among other things) possibly obtains; or a set of propositions such that it is possible that all of its members are true; or a property that is possibly exemplified; and so on. Hence, unpacked in terms of ...
Possible world, Conception of a total way the universe might have been. It is often contrasted with the way things actually are. In his Theodicy (1710), G.W. Leibniz used the concept of a possible world in his proposed solution to the theological problem of the existence of evil, arguing that an.
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Definition. 1 The concept of possible worlds (henceforth PW), loosely inspired by Leibniz’ philosophy, was developed in the second half of the 20th century by philosophers of the analytic school (Kripke, Lewis, Hintikka [1989], Plantinga [1976], Rescher) as a means to solve problems in formal semantics.
Definition. A possible world is a complete way things might be. Possible worlds are alternative worlds one of which is the actual world. Philosophers use the notion of a possible world to define and discuss ideas such as possibility or necessity.
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Possible Worlds in Literary Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP. 1994. [3] 2 Explication. [4] The foundation of PW theory is the idea that reality—conceived as the sum of the imaginable rather than as the sum of what exists physically—is a universe composed of a plurality of distinct worlds.
11. Sept. 2020 · Possible Worlds Theory is an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that has its roots in philosophy. Philosopher Raymond Bradley ( 2009) points out that the term ‘possible worlds’ entered the philosophical lexicon through the writings of German philosopher, Gottfried Leibniz [1646–1716].
