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Constructing worlds

Mark Jago

pp. 59-74

Abstract

You and I can differ in what we say, or believe, even though the things we say, or believe, are logically equivalent. Discussing what is said, or believed, requires notions of content which are finer-grained than sets of (metaphysically or logically) possible worlds. In this paper, I develop the approach to fine-grained content in terms of a space of possible and impossible worlds. I give a method for constructing ersatz worlds based on a theory of substantial facts. I show how this theory overcomes an objection to actualist constructions of ersatz worlds and argue that it naturally gives rise to useful notions of fine-grained content.

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Briggs Rachael, Jago Mark (2012) Propositions and same-saying. Synthese 189 (1).

Pages: 59-74

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0095-x

Full citation:

Jago Mark (2012) „Constructing worlds“. Synthese 189 (1), 59–74.