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Single Idea 11003
[filed under theme 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism
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Full Idea
Armstrong's combinatorial theory of possibility is perhaps the most sophisticated and best worked out reductionist version of actualism to date.
Gist of Idea
The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account
Source
report of David M. Armstrong (The Nature of Possibility [1986]) by Stephen Read - Thinking About Logic Ch.4
Book Ref
Read,Stephen: 'Thinking About Logic' [OUP 1995], p.118
The
13 ideas
with the same theme
[proposal that only our actual world exists]:
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The possible can only be general, and the force of actuality is needed to produce a particular
[Peirce]
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The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account
[Armstrong, by Read]
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Plantinga's actualism is nominal, because he fills actuality with possibilia
[Stalnaker on Plantinga]
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18383
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Plantinga says there is just this world, with possibilities expressed in propositions
[Plantinga, by Armstrong]
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Given actualism, how can there be possible individuals, other than the actual ones?
[Stalnaker]
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Possible worlds rest on the objects about which we have suppositions
[Wiggins]
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18415
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The actual world is just the world you are in
[Lewis, by Cappelen/Dever]
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16441
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Lewis rejects actualism because he identifies properties with sets
[Lewis, by Stalnaker]
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16282
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Ersatzers say we have one world, and abstract representations of how it might have been
[Lewis]
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15790
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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible
[Lycan on Lewis]
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15791
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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds?
[Lycan on Lewis]
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10996
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Actualism is reductionist (to parts of actuality), or moderate realist (accepting real abstractions)
[Read]
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Serious Actualism says there are no facts at all about something which doesn't exist
[Simchen]
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