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Ideas from 'Ways Worlds Could Be' by Peter Forrest [1986], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Australasian Journal of Philosophy' (ed/tr -) [- ,]].

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds
15432 Structural universals might serve as possible worlds
                        Full Idea: Forrest proposed that structural universals should serve as ersatz possible worlds.
                        From: report of Peter Forrest (Ways Worlds Could Be [1986]) by David Lewis - Against Structural Universals 'Intro'
                        A reaction: I prefer powers to property universals. Perhaps a possible world is a maximal set of co-existing dispositions?