Single Idea 23469

[catalogued under 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds]

Full Idea

It is obvious that an imagined world, however different it may be from the real one, must have something - a form - in common with it.

Gist of Idea

An imagined world must have something in common with the real world

Source

Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus [1921], 2.022)

Book Reference

Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Pears)', ed/tr. Pears,D. /McGuinness,B. [RKP 1961], p.7


A Reaction

It is clear that Wittgenstein had a concept of possible worlds close to the modern view.

Related Idea

Idea 23465 The 'form' of an object is its possible roles in facts [Wittgenstein]