Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences / Research in Text Theory Bd.14 (PDF)

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 Hintikkäs 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 -- 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