The Fundamental Theorem of World Theory Academic Article

abstract

• The fundamental principle of the theory of possible worlds is that a proposition p is possible if and only if there is a possible world at which p is true. In this paper we present a valid derivation of this principle from a more general theory in which possible worlds are defined rather than taken as primitive. The general theory uses a primitive modality and axiomatizes abstract objects, properties, and propositions. We then show that this general theory has very small models and hence that its ontological commitments-and, therefore, those of the fundamental principle of world theory-are minimal. 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

authors

• Menzel, Christopher

published proceedings

• Journal of Philosophical Logic

author list (cited authors)

• Menzel, C., & Zalta, E. N.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Menzel, Christopher||Zalta, Edward N

publication date

• June 2014

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

keywords

• 50 Philosophy And Religious Studies
• 5003 Philosophy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10992-012-9265-z

start page

• 333

end page

• 363

volume

• 43

issue

• 2-3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10992-012-9265-z