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A Possible World-Based Fusion Estimation Model for Uncertain Data Clustering in WBNs

Sensors, 2021
In data clustering, the measured data are usually regarded as uncertain data. As a probability-based clustering technique, possible world can easily cluster the uncertain data.
Chao Li, Zhenjiang Zhang, Wei Wei, Han-Chieh Chao, Xuejun Liu   +4 more
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Imagining the post-fossil city: why is it so difficult to think of new possible worlds?

Territory, Politics, Governance, 2018
The phenomenon of climate change requires a rethinking of existing socio-geographical arrangements. This paper argues that the transition to ‘post-fossil urbanization’ is hampered by the lack of positive imaginations of alternative possible urban futures
M. Hajer, W. Versteeg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Safety, the Preface Paradox and Possible Worlds Semantics [PDF]

, 2019
This paper contains an argument to the effect that possible worlds semantics renders semantic knowledge impossible, no matter what ontological interpretation is given to possible worlds.
CI Lewis, D Lewis, D Lewis, D Makinson, D Olin, D Pritchard, D Pritchard, D Pritchard, D Pritchard, E Sosa, J Barwise, J Copeland, J Hintikka, J Hintikka, J Melia, K Popper, M Cresswell, M Cresswell, M Shaffer, M Shaffer, M Shaffer, M Shaffer, Michael J. Shaffer, P Forrester, R Adams, R Carnap, R Montague, R Stalnaker, R Stalnaker, R Stalnaker, S Kripke, T Williamson   +31 more
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Trans-World Causation Revisited

Crítica, 2018
En un artículo reciente, García-Ramírez (2012) ha argumentado que el análisis contrafáctico de la causalidad de Lewis tiene la indeseable consecuencia de hacer posible la causalidad transmundana. En este artículo argumento que, contrario a lo que García-
Axel Arturo Barceló Aspeitia
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Posybilizm metafzyczny w filmie i serialu najnowszym

Images, 2021
The article focuses on the reading of Waldemar Frąc’s film theory in the context of the newest film examples. In the first part, the author presents the most important features of the “possible cinema” and expands it with a philosophical possible worlds
Jan Biedny
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Modeling evidential databases as possible worlds

International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2018
This paper is about modeling a possible worlds' form of imperfect databases, where imperfection is handled with the evidence theory. The possible worlds' form is already developed for other types of imperfect databases such as probabilistic and ...
Fatma Ezzahra Bousnina, Mohamed Anis Bach Tobji, Mouna Chebbah, B. B. Yaghlane   +3 more
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Where are possible worlds? (arguments for ReALIS) [PDF]

, 2012
We follow Pollard (2007) in assuming that the mainstream Kripke/Montagueinspired possible-worlds semantics is “a framework known to have dubious foundations” (primarily because of the granularity problem), and “worlds are constructed from propositions […]
Gábor Alberti, J. Kleiber
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Leibniz, Acosmism, and Incompossibility [PDF]

, 2016
Leibniz claims that God acts in the best possible way, and that this includes creating exactly one world. But worlds are aggregates, and aggregates have a low degree of reality or metaphysical perfection, perhaps none at all.
C Wilson, D Rutherford, G Gale, GEM Anscombe, GHR Parkinson, J Messina, J Palkoska, JA Cover, JK McDonough, L Carlin, L Strickland, M Griffin, O Koistinen, O Nachtomy, O Nachtomy, P Lodge, RM Adams, RY Chappell, S Kagan, S Levey, S Newlands, S Newlands, YY Melamed   +22 more
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Infinite Value and the Best of All Possible Worlds [PDF]

, 2017
A common argument for atheism runs as follows: God would not create a world worse than other worlds he could have created instead. However, if God exists, he could have created a better world than this one. Therefore, God does not exist.
Climenhaga, Nevin
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POSSIBLE WORLDS FOR FICTION. A RECONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH, WITH A PRACTICAL OUTLOOK INTO IAN MCEWAN’S ATONEMENT, ON CHESIL BEACH AND THE CHILD IN TIME

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia
Possible Worlds for Fiction. A Reconstructive Approach, With a Practical Outlook into Ian McEwan’s Atonement, On Chesil Beach and The Child in Time. The present paper aims at presenting how the possible world framework can function for fictional worlds.
Adriana Diana URIAN
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