Many possible words in many possible worlds!!!

What am I doing here?

Getting an education!


I thought it was a stupid idea. Leibniz has this idea of many possible worlds. Dude this is totally a 20th century idea. They brought it back.

That is, if you accept certain dynamics of reality, then you almost always get to Determinism whereupon people don't have free will.

But hold the phone because Leibniz's stake in the Free will debate was contingency and the idea of many possible worlds.


There are 20th century philosophers, even analytic mathematical weird ones, who actually believe this.

I remember going to Modern Philosophy and hearing about old Gotty Leibniz and his wacko idea of many possible worlds for the sake of Free Will and contingency, and thinking about how kooky the idea was; and then going to Philosophy of Language (a 20th century course) and watching my weirdo professor draw circles on the board and dots in them.

I guess it would be funny here to mention that yes this professor was tenured.

But they seriously believe this stuff. In fact, it's a great way for them to consider the contingency of logic. Some stuff is necessary and some stuff is less necessary. (New word proposal: Lessecary?)