Bring back the magic

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 88 (3):391-402 (2007)
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Magical ersatzism is the view that possible worlds are primitive abstract entities. In On the Plurality of Worlds, David Lewis presented what appeared to many to be a devastating argument against magical ersatzism. In this paper, I show that Lewis’ central argument does not succeed. Magical ersatzism remains a viable theory of possible worlds.

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10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00299.x

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