An Inquiry on Modal Metaphysical Puzzling Possible Worlds; Abstract; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Symbols; Part I Background; Introduction; 1 Modalities; 1.1 Possibility; 1.2 Contingency; 1.3 Necessity; 1.4 Impossibility; 2 Modal Logic; 2.1 What is Modal Logic?; 2.2 Possible Worlds Semantics; Part II What Are Possible Worlds?; 3 Theories of Possible Worlds; 3.1 Modal Realism; 3.2 Actualist Modal Realism; 3.2.1 Plantingan Modal Realism; 3.2.2 Combinatorialism; 3.2.3 Nature Modal Realism; 3.2.4 Book Modal Realism; 3.3 Concreteness or abstractness?
3.4 Genuine Modal Realism3.4.1 Lewis' Analysis of Possible Worlds.; 3.4.2 Counterpart Theory; 3.4.3 Arguments in Favour of Genuine Modal Realism; 3.5 Critique of Genuine Modal Realism; 3.6 Neo-Meinongianism; 3.6.1 Meinongian Modal Realism; 3.7 Hybrid Modal Realism; 4 Evaluation; Part III Conclusion; 5 Summary; 6 Final Thoughts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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