Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metaphysics, the doctrine that all existence is truly active or spiritual, and not dead or inert.
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- noun philosophy Belief that actuality and
existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, that there are not, in addition to the actual, anypossibility (possible entities).
Etymologies
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Examples
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His actualism is a distinctly metaphysical actualism: singularis.
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His actualism is a distinctly metaphysical actualism: singularis.
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That is, Hegel falls into what might be called "actualism" or the thesis that the being of entities is exhausted by their manifestation in actuality.
Larval Subjects . 2009
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Anyone can argue actualism at this point – feel free to do so.
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This is compatible with actualism, provided that all such objects are actual in the sense of actually existing (Linsky and Zalta 1994, also Williamson 1998).
Possible Objects Yagisawa, Takashi 2009
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Famously, the two main options in the metaphysics of modality are David Lewis '(so-called extreme) modal realism, and ersatzism (or actualism, or abstractionism) in its various forms.
Impossible Worlds Berto, Francesco 2009
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Another concern about this proposal is rooted in the metaphysical doctrine of actualism.
The Nonidentity Problem Roberts, Melinda 2009
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Since every state of affairs has its modal status in every possible world, every state of affairs exists in every possible world if we assume that the principle of actualism
States of Affairs Wetzel, Thomas 2003
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W1 to have any properties in W1 (if serious actualism is true).
States of Affairs Wetzel, Thomas 2003
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Another example is serious actualism: the proposition that an object has properties only in worlds in which it exists.
Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000
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