Branching of possible worlds

DOI10.1007/S11229-013-0271-7MaRDI QIDQ484914zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Philip Percival

Publication date 8 January 2015

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0271-7

zbMATH Keywords

branchingcombinatorialismersatzismEverettian quantum mechanicsintrinsic propertieslawsMeinongianismmetaphysical possibilitiesmodal realismnomic essentialismopen futureother universesplenitudepossibilismpossible worlds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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