In the preface to On the Plurality of Worlds, David Lewis stated a “lack of talent and training” to discuss this philosopher’s views on possible worlds. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this philosopher satirized as Dr. Pangloss in Candide, which attacked his claim that “we live in the best of all possible worlds.”
ANSWER: Gottfried Leibniz
[10m] In On the Plurality of Worlds, David Lewis described his position on possible worlds as realism described by this adjective. A diamond-shaped operator is used to denote possibility in a form of logic described by this adjective.
ANSWER: modal [accept modal realism or modal logic]
[10h] In modal logic, these relations hold between possible worlds. If world A has this relation to world B, then a true proposition in world B must be possible in world A.
ANSWER: accessibility relation [accept word forms like accessible]
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