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Lewis' argument for possible worlds
In Michael Bruce & Steven Barbone, Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 76–78 (2011)
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This entry provides a brief exposition and formal reconstruction of the argument for possible worlds in David Lewis's _Counterfactuals_.Author's Profile
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The trouble with possible worlds.William G. Lycan - 1979 - In Michael J. Loux, The Possible and the actual: readings in the metaphysics of modality. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
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