Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences: Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 65

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Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences

Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 65

Edited by: Allén Sture

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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Opening Address Sture Allén Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Session 1: Philosophy
Possible Worlds in History of Science Thomas S. Kuhn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn’s paper “Possible Worlds in History of Science” Arthur I. Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn’s paper “Possible Worlds in History of Science” Tore Frängsmyr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	42
Speaker’s Reply Thomas S. Kuhn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
Exploring Possible Worlds Jaakko Hintikka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	52
On Doughnutting. Discussion of Jaakko Hintikka’s paper “Exploring Possible Worlds” Gunnar Olsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
Transworld Journeys. Report on Session 1: Philosophy William R. Shea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
Session 2: Linguistics
Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective Barbara H. Partee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Possible Worlds and Subject Matter. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee’s paper “Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective” John Perry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	124
Some Caveats with Respect to Possible Worlds. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee’s paper “Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective” Hannes Rieser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	138
Speaker’s Reply Barbara H. Partee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	152
Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds Nils Erik Enkvist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
Possible Worlds and Enkvist’s Worlds. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist’s paper “Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds” Wolfgang Heydrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
The World of Words – and Pictures. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist’s paper “Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds” Ulf Teleman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Possible Worlds – Text Worlds. Quo vadis Linguistica? Report on Session 2: Linguistics János S. Petöfi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
Session 3: Literature and Arts
Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions Lubomír Doležel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
Discussion of Lubomír Doležel’s paper “Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions” Nicholas Wolterstorff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary Thomas Pavel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
Duality and Deviance: Two Semantic Modes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel’s paper “Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary” Samuel R. Levin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	260
Fictional and Ontological Landscapes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel’s paper “Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary” Inge Jonsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Possible Worlds – A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer’s Perspective Lars Gyllensten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
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” Frederik Julius Billeskov Jansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Possible Worlds – But for Whom? Discussion of Lars Gyllensten’s paper “Possible Worlds – A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer’s Perspective” Kurt Johannesson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	302
Speaker’s Reply Lars Gyllensten Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	308
Image and Dimension Ulf Linde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	312
Pictorial Possibility. Discussion of Ulf Linde’s paper “Image and Dimension” Arthur C. Danto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Discussion of Ulf Linde’s paper “Image and Dimension” Gérard Régnier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	336
Report on Session 3: Literature and Arts Umberto Eco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343
Session 4: Natural Science
Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics J.S Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
On Characterizing Possible Worlds of Physics. Discussion of J. S. Bell’s paper “Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics” Claes Åberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	374
Discussion of J. S. Bell’s paper “Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics” Bengt Nagel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	388
Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics Martin J. Rees Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	396
How to Describe Physical Reality? Discussion of Martin J. Rees’s paper “Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics” Jean-Claude Pecker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	417
The Uniformity of the Universe. Discussion of Martin J. Rees’s paper “Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics” Bengt Gustafsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
Report on Session 4: Natural Science Walter Thirring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	439
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445
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December 1, 1988

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453

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25

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