World and Object: Metaphysical Nihilism and Three Accounts of Worlds

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 103 (1):353-360 (2003)
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The study of metaphysical possibility involves two central questions: What are possible worlds? Is there an empty possible world? In looking at the first question we consider the different accounts of possible worlds—Lewisian realism, ersatzism, etc. In looking at the second question we consider the discussions of metaphysical nihilism, the modal ontological arguments, etc. In this paper I am drawing these two questions together in order to show how the position we hold on one of these issues affects the position we should hold on the other.

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