Possible Worlds in Humanities, Arts and Sciences: Proceedings of Nobel Symposium 65

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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 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