Impossible Worlds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel P Nolan, Daniel Nolan (0000-0003-0055-0611, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 360-372 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.12027 |
| OpenAlex | W2314330590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 14 |
Philosophers have found postulating possible worlds to be very useful in a number of areas, including philosophy of language and mind, logic, and metaphysics. Impossible worlds are a natural extension to this use of possible worlds, and can help resolve a number of difficulties thrown up by possible-worlds frameworks
Epistemology · Metaphysics · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of mind · Possible world · Programming language · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · History · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Equivalent Theories and Ontological Commitment
Animals, Hypothetical Consent, and Counterpossible Reasoning
Counterfactual Reasoning, Quantitative
Welfare Invariabilism
Belief Sentences and Compositionality. Notional Part
Could we have experiences as of objects enduring
Impossible Worlds Are Here to Stay
‘Absolute’ adjectives in belief contexts
A Non-Vacuist Response to the Counterpossible Terrible Commands Objection
Hyperintensionality and Ontological Categories
Logically Impossible Contents
Counterfactuals, counteractuals, and free choice
Cognitive synonymy
The Ikea effect and the production of epistemic goods
Mathematical impossibilities
Multiplying co-intensional properties
Pretence fictionalism about the non-present
Humeanism, Modality, and the Governing Conception of Natural Laws
Another way to look at counterfactuals
The philosophy of filioque
Could Have and Would Have
Figures et mondes impossibles en jeu vidéo
Can Objectivists Account for Subjective Reasons
The metaphysics of invariance
Essence and modal knowledge
Impossible worlds and partial belief
Ya shouldn’ta couldn’ta wouldn’ta
Semantic theories, linguistic essences, and knowledge of meaning
Taming the runabout imagination ticket
The directionality of topological explanations
Necessary Laws and the Problem of Counterlegals
Counterfactuals and Explanatory Pluralism
Counterpossibles
Impossible fictions part II
A Hyperintensional Account of Metaphysical Equivalence
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |