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Fall 1997 Who's Afraid of Impossible Worlds?
Edwin D. Mares
Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 38(4): 516-526 (Fall 1997). DOI: 10.1305/ndjfl/1039540767

Abstract

A theory of ersatz impossible worlds is developed to deal with the problem of counterpossible conditionals. Using only tools standardly in the toolbox of possible worlds theorists, it is shown that we can construct a model for counterpossibles. This model is a natural extension of Lewis's semantics for counterfactuals, but instead of using classical logic as its base, it uses the logic LP.

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Edwin D. Mares. "Who's Afraid of Impossible Worlds?." Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 38 (4) 516 - 526, Fall 1997. https://doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1039540767

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Published: Fall 1997
First available in Project Euclid: 10 December 2002

zbMATH: 0916.03014
MathSciNet: MR1648850
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1305/ndjfl/1039540767

Subjects:
Primary: 03B45
Secondary: 03A05 , 03B53

Rights: Copyright © 1997 University of Notre Dame

Vol.38 • No. 4 • Fall 1997
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