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Modal Realism Is Unmotivated And Insane

David Lewis's modal realism—positing an uncountable infinity of concrete, spatiotemporally disconnected possible worlds where everything imaginable happens—is the least parsimonious view available; its only motivation is the philosophical utility of defining other concepts in its terms, which is not a good reason to believe such worlds exist.

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Speaker

Tim Maudlin

Evidence Quote

just because it would have this utility for you as a philosopher that's not any good reason to believe in these things and it's kind of a crazy view

Source

318 - Physics PhilosophyMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 1:58:49 AM

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