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Single Idea 11003

[filed under theme 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism ]

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]:

16376 The possible can only be general, and the force of actuality is needed to produce a particular [Peirce]
11003 The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account [Armstrong, by Read]
16472 Plantinga's actualism is nominal, because he fills actuality with possibilia [Stalnaker on Plantinga]
18383 Plantinga says there is just this world, with possibilities expressed in propositions [Plantinga, by Armstrong]
16433 Given actualism, how can there be possible individuals, other than the actual ones? [Stalnaker]
11869 Possible worlds rest on the objects about which we have suppositions [Wiggins]
18415 The actual world is just the world you are in [Lewis, by Cappelen/Dever]
16441 Lewis rejects actualism because he identifies properties with sets [Lewis, by Stalnaker]
16282 Ersatzers say we have one world, and abstract representations of how it might have been [Lewis]
15790 Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]
15791 What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]
10996 Actualism is reductionist (to parts of actuality), or moderate realist (accepting real abstractions) [Read]
16188 Serious Actualism says there are no facts at all about something which doesn't exist [Simchen]