The possible in the actual

Noûs 7 (4):394-407 (1973)
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I give models for modal languages in which all individuals are actual.

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modality and meaning.William G. Lycan - 1994 - Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Towards an eliminative reduction of possible worlds.Andrew Roper - 1982 - Philosophical Quarterly 32 (126):45-59.
Actuality and Essence.William G. Lycan & Stewart Shapiro - 1986 - Midwest Studies in Philosophy 11 (1):343-377.

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Propositional Objects.W. V. Quine - 1969 - In Willard Van Orman Quine, Ontological Relativity and Other Essays. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 139-160.

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