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Possible Worlds: A Fashionable Nonsense?
Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 55:5-9 (2018)
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In this paper we discuss the notion of “possible worlds” contrasting a philosophical idea due to Malebranche with a mathematical concept of modern logic due to Kripke from which many pseudo-philosophical discussions have arisen.Author's Profile
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