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4586 | You can't embrace the formal apparatus of possible worlds, but reject the ontology [Heil] |
Full Idea: We should be suspicious of anyone who embraces the formal apparatus of possible worlds while rejecting the ontology. | |
From: John Heil (Philosophy of Mind [1998], Pref) | |
A reaction: What matters is that good philosophy should not duck the ontological implications of any apparatus. If only embracing the 'ontology of possible worlds' were a simple matter. What makes one world 'close' to another? |