Many Possible Worlds

Author : John Divers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134731604
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Possible Worlds written by John Divers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Possible Worlds presents the first up-to-date and comprehensive examination of one of the most important topics in metaphysics. John Divers considers the prevalent philosophical positions, including realism, antirealism and the work of important writers on possible worlds such as David Lewis, evaluating them in detail.

Author : Raymond Bradley
Publisher : Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780915144594
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Possible Worlds written by Raymond Bradley and published by Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sermons by a noted German theologian discuss what the Bible says about freedom, political power, fear, unity, and human rights

Author : Ann Druyan
Publisher : National Geographic
ISBN 13 : 1426219083
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmos: Possible Worlds written by Ann Druyan and published by National Geographic. This book was released on 2020 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cosmos: Possible Worlds travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future where probes travel by light beams to distant stars, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream toward an unimaginable time ahead."--

Author : Rod Girle
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773526686
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Possible Worlds written by Rod Girle and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alice Bell
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149621305X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology written by Alice Bell and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of possible worlds has played a decisive role in postclassical narratology by awakening interest in the nature of fictionality and in emphasizing the notion of world as a source of aesthetic experience in narrative texts. As a theory concerned with the opposition between the actual world that we belong to and possible worlds created by the imagination, possible worlds theory has made significant contributions to narratology. Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology updates the field of possible worlds theory and postclassical narratology by developing this theoretical framework further and applying it to a range of contemporary literary narratives. This volume systematically outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the possible worlds approach, provides updated methods for analyzing fictional narrative, and profiles those methods via the analysis of a range of different texts, including contemporary fiction, digital fiction, video games, graphic novels, historical narratives, and dramatic texts. Through the variety of its contributions, including those by three originators of the subject area--Lubomír Doležel, Thomas Pavel, and Marie-Laure Ryan--Possible Worlds Theory and Contemporary Narratology demonstrates the vitality and versatility of one of the most vibrant strands of contemporary narrative theory.

Author : Jerome S. BRUNER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674029011
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Actual Minds, Possible Worlds written by Jerome S. BRUNER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on recent work in literary theory, linguistics, and symbolic anthropology, as well as cognitive and developmental psychology Professor Bruner examines the mental acts that enter into the imaginative creation of possible worlds, and he shows how the activity of imaginary world making undergirds human science, literature, and philosophy, as well as everyday thinking, and even our sense of self. - Publisher.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631224266
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Plurality of Worlds written by David Lewis and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2001-02-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true.

Author : Alastair Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198846215
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Contingency written by Alastair Wilson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defends a radical new theory of contingency as a physical phenomenon. Drawing on the many-worlds approach to quantum theory and cutting-edge metaphysics and philosophy of science, it argues that quantum theories are best understood as telling us about the space of genuine possibilities, rather than as telling us solely about actuality. When quantum physics is taken seriously in the way first proposed by Hugh Everett III, it provides the resources for a new systematic metaphysical framework encompassing possibility, necessity, actuality, chance, counterfactuals, and a host of related modal notions. Rationalist metaphysicians argue that the metaphysics of modality is strictly prior to any scientific investigation; metaphysics establishes which worlds are possible, and physics merely checks which of these worlds is actual. Naturalistic metaphysicians respond that science may discover new possibilities and new impossibilities. This book's quantum theory of contingency takes naturalistic metaphysics one step further, allowing that science may discover what it is to be possible. As electromagnetism revealed the nature of light, as acoustics revealed the nature of sound, as statistical mechanics revealed the nature of heat, so quantum physics reveals the nature of contingency.

Author : Cameron Gordon
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811992819
Total Pages : 1061 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Many Possible Worlds written by Cameron Gordon and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 1061 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a crosscutting interdisciplinary account of how the disintegrated, global subsistence economy circa 1800 has transformed into a global complex delivering unprecedented levels of material production and consumption. Applying major findings from economics, history/historiography, and sociology (as well as from anthropology, psychology, politics, and environmental studies), the analysis tracks the ways in which changes in ‘society’ (including social structures, values, and forces) have changed ‘individuals’ (including conceptions of race, gender, and identity) and vice versa. These changes have simultaneously homogenised and diversified societies and individuals in distinct but sometimes contradictory ways, opening up many possible worlds from an individual and group perspective. Yet, the scale and pace of change has also led to increasing existential challenges. The narrative consists of 30 chapters organized into 10 subsets of 3: one chapter on a relevant core idea; one chapter focused on historical narrative and titled after a representative year; and one chapter on a relevant associated crosscutting theme. Major regional and topical discussions are provided, with special attention paid to business and organisational change and developing world scholarship. Small discussion ‘boxes’ focusing on illustrative cases and details are presented throughout the book. The last chapter contains over-arching conclusions.

Author : Karen Lord
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345534069
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best of All Possible Worlds written by Karen Lord and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED • A stunning epic that is at once a new vision of science fiction and a deeply moving love story, from the award-winning author of Redemption in Indigo “An engrossing picaresque quest, a love story, and a moving character study . . . [Karen] Lord is on a par with Ursula K. Le Guin.”—The Guardian A proud and reserved alien society finds its homeland destroyed in an unprovoked act of aggression, leaving the survivors no choice but to reach out to the indigenous humanoids of their adopted world, to whom they are distantly related. They wish to preserve their cherished way of life but discover that to protect their culture, they may have to change it forever. Now a man and a woman from opposite sides of these clashing societies must work together to save this vanishing race—and end up uncovering ancient mysteries with far-reaching ramifications. As their mission hangs in the balance, these unlikely partners—one cool and cerebral, the other fiery and impulsive—may find in each other their own destinies . . . and a force that transcends all. Includes two bonus short stories “[A] fascinating and thoughtful science fiction novel that examines] adaptation, social change, and human relationships. I’ve not read anything quite like it, which makes it that rare beast: a true original.”—Kate Elliott, author of the Crown of Stars series and The Spiritwalker Trilogy “Reads like smooth jazz comfort food, deceptively familiar and easy going down, but subtly subversive.”—Nalo Hopkinson, Los Angeles Review of Books “If you want to see science fiction doing something new and fascinating . . . then you shouldn’t sleep on The Best of All Possible Worlds.”—io9 “Rewarding science fiction for emotional grown-ups.”—Mysterious Galaxy “[A] marvelously formed universe.”—The A.V. Club “A rewarding, touching and often funny exploration of the forms and functions of human culture.”—SFX “The Best of All Possible Worlds . . . poses an interesting question: What parts of you do you fight to preserve when everything you know suddenly changes?”—Associated Press