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| Actualism: in relation to worlds the thesis that only our own world is real. - Counter-position essentialism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Robert Nozick on Actualism - Dictionary of Arguments
II 156 Existence/actualism/Nozick: possibilities that are not realized, do not exist. - What exists or does not exist are certain possibilities. >Possibility, >Possibilia, >Possibilism, >Existence, >Ontology. Possibility/existence/Nozick: the structure of all possibilities does not exist itself, nor does it not exist! >Non-existence. II 155 If you wanted to refer to a mystical "exist and not exist" as "it aumed" you would only shift the problem. - Why should existence and nonexistence emerge of what aumed? Def modate/Nozick: the structure of all possibilities modates. >Modalities, >Structures._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |
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