Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences

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Frontmatter -- Opening Address / Allén, Sture -- Session 1: Philosophy -- Possible Worlds in History of Science / Kuhn, Thomas S. -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" / Miller, Arthur I. -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" / Frängsmyr, Tore -- Speaker's Reply / Kuhn, Thomas S. -- Exploring Possible Worlds / Hintikka, Jaakko -- On Doughnutting. Discussion of Jaakko Hintikka's paper "Exploring Possible Worlds" / Olsson, Gunnar -- Transworld Journeys. Report on Session 1: Philosophy / Shea, William R. -- Session 2: Linguistics -- Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective / Partee, Barbara H. -- Possible Worlds and Subject Matter. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" / Perry, John -- Some Caveats with Respect to Possible Worlds. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" / Rieser, Hannes -- Speaker's Reply / Partee, Barbara H. -- Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds / Enkvist, Nils Erik -- Possible Worlds and Enkvist's Worlds. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" / Heydrich, Wolfgang -- The World of Words - and Pictures. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" / Teleman, Ulf -- Possible Worlds - Text Worlds. Quo vadis Linguistica? Report on Session 2: Linguistics / Petöfi, János S. -- Session 3: Literature and Arts -- Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions / Dolezel, Lubomír -- Discussion of Lubomír Dolezel's paper "Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions" / Wolterstorff, Nicholas -- Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary / Pavel, Thomas -- Duality and Deviance: Two Semantic Modes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" / Levin, Samuel R. -- Fictional and Ontological Landscapes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" / Jonsson, Inge -- Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective / Gyllensten, Lars -- Possible Worlds: A Historical Perspective in Literature. Discussion of Lars Gyllensten's paper "Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective" / Billeskov Jansen, Frederik Julius -- Possible Worlds - But for Whom? Discussion of Lars Gyllensten's paper "Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective" / Johannesson, Kurt -- Speaker's Reply / Gyllensten, Lars -- Image and Dimension / Linde, Ulf -- Pictorial Possibility. Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" / Danto, Arthur C. -- Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" / Régnier, Gérard -- Report on Session 3: Literature and Arts / Eco, Umberto -- Session 4: Natural Science -- Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics / Bell, J.S -- On Characterizing Possible Worlds of Physics. Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" / Åberg, Claes -- Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" / Nagel, Bengt -- Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics / Rees, Martin J. -- How to Describe Physical Reality? Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" / Pecker, Jean-Claude -- The Uniformity of the Universe. Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" / Gustafsson, Bengt -- Report on Session 4: Natural Science / Thirring, Walter -- List of Contributors -- Backmatter