Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. I-X I
2. Opening Address 1
3. Session 1: Philosophy
4. Possible Worlds in History of Science 9
5. Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn’s paper “Possible Worlds in History of Science” 33
6. Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn’s paper “Possible Worlds in History of Science” 42
7. Speaker’s Reply 49
8. Exploring Possible Worlds 52
9. On Doughnutting. Discussion of Jaakko Hintikka’s paper “Exploring Possible Worlds” 74
10. Transworld Journeys. Report on Session 1: Philosophy 82
11. Session 2: Linguistics
12. Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective 93
13. Possible Worlds and Subject Matter. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee’s paper “Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective” 124
14. Some Caveats with Respect to Possible Worlds. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee’s paper “Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective” 138
15. Speaker’s Reply 152
16. Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds 162
17. Possible Worlds and Enkvist’s Worlds. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist’s paper “Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds” 187
18. The World of Words – and Pictures. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist’s paper “Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds” 199
19. Possible Worlds – Text Worlds. Quo vadis Linguistica? Report on Session 2: Linguistics 209
20. Session 3: Literature and Arts
21. Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions 221
22. Discussion of Lubomír Doležel’s paper “Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions” 243
23. Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary 250
24. Duality and Deviance: Two Semantic Modes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel’s paper “Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary” 260
25. Fictional and Ontological Landscapes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel’s paper “Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary” 267
26. Possible Worlds – A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer’s Perspective 272
27. Possible Worlds: A Historical Perspective in Literature. Discussion of Lars Gyllensten’s paper “Possible Worlds – A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer’s Perspective” 293
28. Possible Worlds – But for Whom? Discussion of Lars Gyllensten’s paper “Possible Worlds – A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer’s Perspective” 302
29. Speaker’s Reply 308
30. Image and Dimension 312
31. Pictorial Possibility. Discussion of Ulf Linde’s paper “Image and Dimension” 329
32. Discussion of Ulf Linde’s paper “Image and Dimension” 336
33. Report on Session 3: Literature and Arts 343
34. Session 4: Natural Science
35. Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics 359
36. On Characterizing Possible Worlds of Physics. Discussion of J. S. Bell’s paper “Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics” 374
37. Discussion of J. S. Bell’s paper “Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics” 388
38. Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics 396
39. How to Describe Physical Reality? Discussion of Martin J. Rees’s paper “Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics” 417
40. The Uniformity of the Universe. Discussion of Martin J. Rees’s paper “Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics” 428
41. Report on Session 4: Natural Science 439
42. List of Contributors 445
43. 454 454