@article {12655, title = {Cross-World Comparatives for Lewisians}, journal = {Organon F}, volume = {25}, number = {3}, year = {2018}, pages = {368-391}, type = {State}, abstract = {Divers (2014) argues that a Lewisian theory of modality which includes both counterpart theory and modal realism cannot account for the truth of certain intuitively true modal sentences involving cross-world comparatives. The main purpose of this paper is to defend the Lewisian theory against Divers{\textquoteright}s challenge by developing a response strategy based on a degree-theoretic treatment of comparatives and by showing that this treatment is compatible with the theory.}, keywords = {comparatives, counterpart theory, David Lewis, John Divers, modal realism, modality}, url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2018/3/368-391.pdf}, author = {Michels, Robert} }