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Plurality of worlds may refer to: Cosmic pluralism, belief in numerous "worlds" which may harbour extraterrestrial life. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, a 1686 book by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle. Of the Plurality of Worlds, an 1853 essay by William Whewell. On the Plurality of Worlds, a 1986 book by David Lewis.
29. Apr. 2022 · Not 100 years before the publication of Plurality of Worlds, Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for suggesting that there were multiple inhabited worlds. Galilei Galileo also had an unpleasant brush with the inquisition only 50 years ago. Although heliocentrism was significantly accepted in scientific circles, it was still relatively new.
1 Introduction. Plurality of worlds ( plures mundi; Mehrheit der Welten; pluralité des mondes) is the term historically used by many cultures for the concept of other worlds beyond the Earth. In ancient Greek times this meant a plurality of ordered world systems, referred to as kosmoi .
David Lewis responded boldly: this talk of possible worlds is the literal truth. Lewis propounded a thesis of modal realism: the world we inhabit – the entire cosmos of which we are a part – is but one of a vast plurality of worlds, or cosmoi, all causally and spatiotemporally isolated from one another. Whatever might have happened in our ...
23. Juli 2009 · David Lewis (1941–2001) was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th Century. He made significant contributions to philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, decision theory, epistemology, meta-ethics and aesthetics. In most of these fields he is essential reading; in many of them he is among the most ...
1. Jan. 1986 · In the book _On the Plurality of Worlds_, analytic philosopher David Lewis presents his case for modal realism (also called "extreme modal realism", though why it is "extreme" is questioned). As Lewis explains, "This book defends modal realism: the thesis that the world we are part of is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that we who inhabit this world are only a few out of all the ...
- David Lewis
