On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Rich Cooper wrote:
> John,
>
> An engineering model is in no way even remotely similar to a possible world. (01)
Now there is something we can agree on. (02)
> A possible world is, for the most part, a fantasy of what might possibly
>happen, (03)
Well, it was fun while it lasted. There are many different philosophical
theories of possible worlds, on most of which they are definitely not fantasies
-- although there is a *fictionalist* view of possible worlds that might
plausibly give some substance to your "fantasy" idea. But, really, there is a
vast literature here, so it's a bit naive just to baldly assert that a possible
world is or is not this or that, as if it were a fixed, clear, and settled
matter. (04)
-chris (05)
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