2011-03-26
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Are the physically possible worlds the same as the logically possible worlds?
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Derek AllanAustralian National University
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Hi Hakob
I did write 'entertains the possibility' (not 'accepts' etc.) As far as I know that is true.
RE: 'there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of 2+2=5, but that is,
in my opinion, just nonsense. 2+2=4 is true simply by definition. There
can't possibly be a world where this is not so.'
Well, who knows what might be possible? The very idea of universes utterly different from ours forbids us from making pronouncements like "There
can't possibly be a world where ...'. Doesn't it?
DA
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