Worlds are Pluralities

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 102 (1):221-231 (2024)
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I propose an account of possible worlds. According to the account, possible worlds are pluralities of sentences in an extremely large language. This account avoids a problem, relating to the total number of possible worlds, that other accounts face. And it has several additional benefits.

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10.1080/00048402.2022.2106498

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