Term used in connection with the modal realist analysis of necessity, possibility, and counterfactual conditional statements (those where the antecedent is presented as being false).
Consider ‘If Hitler had invaded England he would have won.’ Assuming his invasion was a possibility, there will be possible worlds in which he does, and in some of these he wins and in some he loses (assuming neither of these is impossible).
‘If Hitler…’ will be true if (ignoring a minor subtlety) the nearest world in which he invaded is also one in which he won. One problem (apart from providing criteria of ‘nearness’) is of that transworld identity: in remote worlds, is Hitler still really Hitler?
To answer this and associated problems he is given a counterpart in certain of the possible worlds. Counterpart theory then studies the conditions under which he has such a counterpart, and what is involved in his having one.
Source:
D K Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds (1986)
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Counterparts
- 2.2 Classical Potential Theory and Its Probabilistic Counterpart (Classics in Mathematics)
- 2.3 Gator vs. Python
- 2.4 WP205 - Bastien Piano Basics - Theory - Primer Level (Primer Level/Bastien Piano Basics Wp205)
- 2.5 The Man Who Changed His Mind
- 2.6 Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: From Theory to Practice (Research Methods for the Social Sciences)
- 2.7 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
- 2.8 Vapor Trails (Remixed)
- 2.9 Disrespect: The Normative Foundations of Critical Theory
- 2.10 Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (Pelican Books)
- covering law model
- modal realism
- frequency theory of probability
- identity theory of mind
- identity theory of predication
Videos
Counterparts
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Herzig, Marcus (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 334 Pages - 09/19/2017 (Publication Date) - Marcus Herzig (Publisher)
Classical Potential Theory and Its Probabilistic Counterpart (Classics in Mathematics)
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Doob, Joseph L. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 1551 Pages - 03/01/2001 (Publication Date) - Springer (Publisher)
Gator vs. Python
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Discovery (Producer)
- English (Playback Language)
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WP205 - Bastien Piano Basics - Theory - Primer Level (Primer Level/Bastien Piano Basics Wp205)
- Bastien Piano Basics Theory Primer
- Theory is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course
- Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in Piano
- Games, puzzles, and colorful illustrations make learning fun! Your students will gain a better understanding of the music they are playing, and they will learn more easily when theory instruction is a regular part of their piano studies
- Each page is carefully correlated with Piano, Performance, and Technic
- James Bastien (Author)
The Man Who Changed His Mind
- This early British horroric stars the legendary Boris Karloff as Dr. Laurience, a brilliant scientist who discovers a way to transfer the mind of one person into the body of another. When his discovery is rejected by the scientific community, Laurien
- Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder (Actors)
- Robert Stevenson (Director) - John L. Balderston (Writer) - Michael Balcon (Producer)
- English (Publication Language)
- Audience Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Kuhn, Thomas S. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 212 Pages - 04/18/2012 (Publication Date) - University of Chicago Press (Publisher)
Disrespect: The Normative Foundations of Critical Theory
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Honneth, Axel (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 296 Pages - 02/20/2007 (Publication Date) - Polity (Publisher)
Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (Pelican Books)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Harman, Graham (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 271 Pages - 03/01/2018 (Publication Date) - Pelican (Publisher)
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