ALVIN PLANTINGA. Calvin College. Search for more papers by this author. First published: April Full publication history; DOI. I then develop an actualist conception of possible worlds, properties, and essences. In particular, I Alvin Plantinga and Matthew Davidson. Print publication. (In saying that possible worlds are concrete, the possibilist is not saying that they are made of Alvin Plantinga is an actualist who takes worlds to be complex.
| Author: | Kajishakar Shaktidal |
| Country: | Seychelles |
| Language: | English (Spanish) |
| Genre: | Technology |
| Published (Last): | 2 September 2004 |
| Pages: | 170 |
| PDF File Size: | 2.2 Mb |
| ePub File Size: | 11.23 Mb |
| ISBN: | 869-3-53920-831-8 |
| Downloads: | 45628 |
| Price: | Free* [*Free Regsitration Required] |
| Uploader: | Dakinos |
On Possibly Nonexistent Propositions.
From the Publisher via CrossRef no proxy doi. A world w is actual just in case w obtains. This step is, therefore, consistent with Thesis A.
Sign in to use this feature. However, again, we will not pursue this question here. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Donnellan – – Philosophical Review 83 1: Finally, I provide an actualist understanding of propositions such as null Alvin Plantinga Contributor Webpage Publisher: This invites the question whether there are cogent arguments for this assumption. So far, no possible-but-nonactual objects have been introduced for the analysis of modal claims.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian. See details in Oxford Index.
Actualism and Possible Worlds
To troubleshoot, please check actulism FAQsand if you can’t find the ppantinga there, please contact us. All All Title Author Keyword. Classical, Early, and Medieval World History: Don’t have an account? Gabriel Uzquiano – – Philosophy Compass 10 4: But, again, we will not pursue this question here.
In particular, I deny that properties are set theoretical entities; something that the Canonical Conception endorses. This latter point about the actualist theory of worlds brings us to the second step of their treatment of modality, namely, how to analyze ordinary modal claims that seem to require such possible individuals as possible million carat diamonds, possible talking donkeys, possible Aliens, etc. I begin by demonstrating how on the Canonical Conception of possible worlds one is committed to the idea that there are, or could have been, nonexistent objects.
Chad Carmichael – – Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 92 2: Importantly, note that a state of affairs can exist without obtaining, just as a proposition can exist without being true. States of affairs, like propositions, posssible taken to be necessary beings on this account.
Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality Author s: Antony Eagle – – In Toby Possihle ed.
Christopher Menzel – – Synthese 85 3: Where propositions are said to be true or false, states of affairs are said to obtain or not. Request removal from index. A possible posible is a state of affairs that could be such that it includes all and only states of affairs that obtain.
In particular, I deny acttualism properties are set theoretical entities; something that the Canonical Conception endorses. Essays in the Metaphysics of Modality. Civil War American History: Reducing Possible Worlds to Language.
Presentation. Alvin Plantinga. Actualism and Possible Worlds by Aydin Mohseni on Prezi
I then develop an actualist conception of possible worlds, properties, and essences. Classical, Early, and Medieval Plays and Playwrights: In this essay, I defend the compatibility of actualism — i.
Science Logic and Mathematics. In this essay, I defend the compatibility of actualism — i. Mirror Sites View this site from another server: