Publication details
Zpětný pohled na "prázdné možné světy"
| Title in English | A Backward Look at "Empty Possible Worlds" |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Pro-Fil |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://profil.muni.cz/01_2007/raclavsky_prazdne_svety_zpetne.pdf |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | possible worlds; properties; partiality; individuals |
| Description | In this paper I discuss and rethink ideas discussed in paper "There Are No Empty Possible Worlds and Individuals in Limbo" where I have argued against V. Svoboda's theory according to which there exists a possible world in which every (s.c. accidental) property not kindred (for example, not complementary) to any property has as its extension the empty set. We show how futile is such demand because for every property there exist a complementary property which has certain extension, so we can positively attribute possessing of such properties to individuals. We declare that possible world in which complementary properties are forbidden is absurd at the first place. Such empty world is not a possible world (it is also not a determination system in Tichý's sense). |
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