Generic Considerations

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 23 Apr 2003, 16:29 · from urth-v0304.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <katbarx at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Generic Considerations
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:29:07 -0700
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Matthew inquires:

>Is there a practical difference between a fictive universe which - apart
>from the fictional narrative - maps exactly against the real and one that
>does not?

Can you show me a fictive universe which maps exactly against the real?

If so, how can you know it does?

(Note that I am, with courage and restraint, refraining from asking just
what you mean by "real" anyway.)

--Blattid

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