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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism
The actual world is just the world you are in [Lewis, by Cappelen/Dever]
     Full Idea: Lewis equates knowing which world is actual with knowing which world one is in.
     From: report of David Lewis (Attitudes De Dicto and De Se [1979]) by Cappelen,H/Dever,Josh - The Inessential Indexical 05.1
     A reaction: [This view is not, of course, Actualism, but an alternative treatment of actuality, within a multitude of possibilities].