Ersatzer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

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"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."

Etymology

From ersatz + -er. Coined in 1986 by the philosopher David Kellogg Lewis.

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possible world

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