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Actual: in relation to the real world as opposed to a merely possible world or situation.
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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 Stalnaker on Actuality - Dictionary of Arguments

I 28
Actuality/Stalnaker: actuality is a relation that a world has to itself and only to itself. Problem: any other world can also have it to itself. That means actuality is contingent.
>Contingency
, >Self-identity.
LewisVsErsatz World: (moderate modal realism): an ersatz world represents the real world as a special one because it represents it as a "way".
>ersatz world.
StalnakerVsLewis: but it represents it specifically only from its own point of view, not from any. Stalnaker: there is no neutral position outside of each possible world but there is an objective one: the one from the real world.
>Actual world, >Perspective.
I 31
The thesis that only the real world is actual only makes sense when "actual" means something different than the totality of all that, that is there.
>Totality, >Wholes.
StalnakerVs: and it does not mean that.
I 31
Way a world can be: is an abstract object, abstracted from the activity of the rationally acting.
Cf. >Centered worlds.

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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.

Stalnaker I
R. Stalnaker
Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003


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