ersatzer
ersatzer noun: a proponent of ersatzism, the doctrine that possible worlds are merely abstract and do not have the same reality as the present world.
Noun
ersatzer (plural ersatzers)
- A proponent of ersatzism, the doctrine that possible worlds are merely abstract and do not have the same reality as the present world
- The ersatzers just do not believe in what I call worlds; and sometimes -- depending on which version of ersatzism we encounter -- I just do not believe in what they call worlds.1986, David K. Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds, Routledge, published 2001, page 140
- My quarrel with the Ersatzer is perhaps not very deep, and I should not be too distressed if I were forced back to his position. But the quarrel is real. Mere representations of possibilities, which is what the Ersatzer uses, are not to be identified with the possibilities that we seek to represent.1989, David Malet Armstrong, A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 49, →ISBN
Forms of ersatzer
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Origin of ersatzer
From ersatz + -er. Coined in 1986 by the philosopher David Kellogg Lewis.
Questions about ersatzer
- What does ersatzer mean?
- Ersatzer means a proponent of ersatzism, the doctrine that possible worlds are merely abstract and do not have the same reality as the present world.
- What part of speech is ersatzer?
- Ersatzer is a noun.
- What is the plural of ersatzer?
- The plural of ersatzer is ersatzers.
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