counterpart theory
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Noun
counterpart theory (uncountable)
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{{rfdef}}.- 1983, David Lewis, Philosophical Papers (volume 1, page 45)
- If counterpart theory calls for the rejection of some popular modal principles, that needn't worry us. But if it forces us to reject principles of the logic of identity and quantification, that is more serious.
- 2013, Theodore Sider, John Hawthorne, Dean W. Zimmerman, Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics
- According to counterpart theory, Humphrey himself has the modal property, might have won the election, in virtue of his counterpart having the (non-modal) property, won the election.
- 1983, David Lewis, Philosophical Papers (volume 1, page 45)
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