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It argues that our world is only one among many inclusive entities, differing in what it contains and how its laws and constants operate. The book explores the explanatory role of modality, relations between worlds, and the implications for actuality, isolation, plenitude, and concreteness. It also addresses objections framed as paradoxes and challenges the adequacy of alternative ersatzist accounts.","cbCaigrfVOkAsxk1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigrfVOkAsxk1","pdf",54670814,1,279,"English","en","# Preface\n# 1 A Philosophers' Paradise\n## 1.1 The Thesis of Plurality of Worlds\n## 1.2 Modal Realism at Work: Modality\n## 1.3 Modal Realism at Work: Closeness\n## 1.4 Modal Realism at Work: Content\n## 1.5 Modal Realism at Work: Properties\n## 1.6 Isolation\n## 1.7 Concreteness\n## 1.8 Plenitude\n## 1.9 Actuality\n# 2 Paradox in Paradise?\n## 2.1 Everything is Actual?\n## 2.2 All Worlds in One?\n## 2.3 More Worlds Than There Are?\n## 2.4 How Can We Know?\n## 2.5 A Road to Scepticism?\n## 2.6 A Road to Indifference?\n## 2.7 Arbitrariness Lost?\n## 2.8 The Incredulous Stare\n# 3 Paradise on the Cheap?\n## 3.1 The Ersatzist Programme\n## 3.2 Linguistic Ersatzism\n## 3.3 Pictorial Ersatzism\n## 3.4 Magical Ersatzism\n# 4 Counterparts or Double Lives?\n## 4.1 Good Questions and Bad\n## 4.2 Against Overlap\n## 4.3 Against Trans-World Individuals\n## 4.4 Against Haecceitism\n## 4.5 Against Constancy\n# Works Cited\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the core thesis of plurality of worlds in the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book advances a thesis of plurality of worlds, also called modal realism, which holds that our world is only one world among many inclusive worlds.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book characterize the relationship between different worlds?\",\"answer\":\"Different worlds are described as isolated, with no spatiotemporal relations between things in different worlds, no causal influence across worlds, and no overlap (except possibly repeated immanent universals).\"},{\"question\":\"What positions does the book discuss and challenge regarding alternatives to modal realism?\",\"answer\":\"It considers the “Ersatzist Programme” and its forms—linguistic, pictorial, and magical ersatzism—as a cheaper replacement strategy, and it later addresses debates about counterparts and double lives, including objections related to overlap and identity conditions.\"}]",1782204865,703,{"code":4,"msg":28,"data":29},"ok",{"site_id":30,"language":22,"slug":31,"title":13,"keywords":32,"description":14,"schema_data":33,"social_meta":84,"head_meta":86,"extra_data":88,"updated_unix":25},105,"david-k-lewis-on-the-plurality-of-worlds-2001-wiley-blackwell","",{"@graph":34,"@context":83},[35,52,66],{"@type":36,"itemListElement":37},"BreadcrumbList",[38,42,46,49],{"item":39,"name":40,"@type":41,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":43,"name":44,"@type":41,"position":45},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":47,"name":12,"@type":41,"position":48},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":50,"name":13,"@type":41,"position":51},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/david-k-lewis-on-the-plurality-of-worlds-2001-wiley-blackwell/33213/",4,{"url":50,"name":13,"@type":53,"author":54,"headline":13,"publisher":56,"fileFormat":59,"description":14,"dateModified":60,"datePublished":60,"encodingFormat":59,"isAccessibleForFree":61,"interactionStatistic":62},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":55},"Person",{"url":39,"name":57,"@type":58},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-06-23",true,{"@type":63,"interactionType":64,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":65},"ViewAction",{"@type":67,"mainEntity":68},"FAQPage",[69,75,79],{"name":70,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":72},"What is the core thesis of plurality of worlds in the book?","Question",{"text":73,"@type":74},"The book advances a thesis of plurality of worlds, also called modal realism, which holds that our world is only one world among many inclusive worlds.","Answer",{"name":76,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":77},"How does the book characterize the relationship between different worlds?",{"text":78,"@type":74},"Different worlds are described as isolated, with no spatiotemporal relations between things in different worlds, no causal influence across worlds, and no overlap (except possibly repeated immanent universals).",{"name":80,"@type":71,"acceptedAnswer":81},"What positions does the book discuss and challenge regarding alternatives to modal realism?",{"text":82,"@type":74},"It considers the “Ersatzist Programme” and its forms—linguistic, pictorial, and magical ersatzism—as a cheaper replacement strategy, and it later addresses debates about counterparts and double lives, including objections related to overlap and identity conditions.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":50,"og:type":85,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":57,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":87,"canonical":50},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":30}]