Funny business in branching space-times: infinite modal correlations

DOI10.1007/s11229-007-9220-7zbMath1169.03319OpenAlexW1991116371MaRDI QIDQ1024868

Thomas Müller, Kohei Kishida, Nuel D. jun. Belnap

Publication date: 17 June 2009

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-007-9220-7

zbMATH Keywords

modalitycorrelationsindeterminism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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