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Island Universe Problems
Praxis
  • William Simkulet, Cleveland State University
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Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Disciplines
Abstract

We share a common space-time with everything that we interact with in our world. An island universe would be a spatiotemporally interrelated segment of reality that is isolated from the rest of reality; it would be part of our world but something that we cannot interact with. Spatiotemporal interrelatedness plays an important role in a number of metaphysical theories concerning possible worlds. Here I discuss four problems surrounding the possibility of island universes. I contend the most troubling of these problems gives us good reason to think that island universes are possible; metaphysical theories that cannot make sense of the possibility of island universes end up having bizarre implications about alternate possible worlds.

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William Simkulet. "Island Universe Problems" Praxis Vol. 4 Iss. 1 (2014) p. 43 - 63
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william-simkulet/4/