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POSSIBLE GIRLS
Author(s) -
SINHABABU NEIL
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2008.00319.x
Subject(s) - realism , modal , possible world , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , aesthetics , chemistry , polymer chemistry
I argue that if David Lewis’ modal realism is true, modal realists from different possible worlds can fall in love with each other. I offer a method for uniquely picking out possible people who are in love with us and not with our counterparts. Impossible lovers and trans‐world love letters are considered. Anticipating objections, I argue that we can stand in the right kinds of relations to merely possible people to be in love with them and that ending a trans‐world relationship to start a relationship with an actual person isn't cruel to one's otherworldly lover.