Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences - Bog

I-X -- Opening Address -- Session 1: Philosophy -- Possible Worlds in History of Science -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" -- Speaker's Reply -- Exploring Possible Worlds -- On Doughnutting. Discussion of Jaakko Hintikka's paper "Exploring Possible Worlds" -- Transworld Journeys. Report on Session 1: Philosophy -- Session 2: Linguistics -- Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective -- Possible Worlds and Subject Matter. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" -- Some Caveats with Respect to Possible Worlds. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" -- Speaker's Reply -- Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds -- Possible Worlds and Enkvist's Worlds. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" -- The World of Words - and Pictures. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" -- Possible Worlds - Text Worlds. Quo vadis Linguistica? Report on Session 2: Linguistics -- Session 3: Literature and Arts -- Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions -- Discussion of Lubomír Dolezel's paper "Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions" -- Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary -- Duality and Deviance: Two Semantic Modes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" -- Fictional and Ontological Landscapes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" -- Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective -- 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" -- Possible Worlds - But for Whom? Discussion of Lars Gyllensten's paper "Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective" -- Speaker's Reply -- Image and Dimension -- Pictorial Possibility. Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" -- Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" -- Report on Session 3: Literature and Arts -- Session 4: Natural Science -- Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics -- On Characterizing Possible Worlds of Physics. Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" -- Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" -- Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics -- How to Describe Physical Reality? Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" -- The Uniformity of the Universe. Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" -- Report on Session 4: Natural Science -- List of Contributors -- 454