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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism' and 'Individuation'

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

19493	Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]
	Full Idea: The governing fiction of possible worlds theory says that whenever something is possible, there is a world where it happens.
	From: Stephen Yablo (Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism [2001], 05)
	A reaction: This sounds like the only sensible attitude to possible worlds I can think of.