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Ideas for '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?', 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation' and 'Possible Worlds'

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10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

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Every philosophical theory must be true in some possible world, so the ontology is hopeless [Ingthorsson]

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Worlds may differ in various respects, but no overall similarity of worlds is implied [Ingthorsson]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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We can take 'ways things might have been' as irreducible elements in our ontology [Stalnaker, by Lycan]