Possible Worlds Semantics and Fiction

Journal of Philosophical Logic 35:9-40 (2006)
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The canonical version of possible worlds semantics for story prefixes is due to David Lewis. This paper reassesses Lewis's theory and draws attention to some novel problems for his account

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Nonexistent objects.Maria Reicher - 2019 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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