Possible worlds in humanities, arts, and sciences : proceedings of Nobel Symposium 65 / edited by Sture Allén.

Symposium held Aug. 11-15, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface; 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 Doležel'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.

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