Counterparts or Double Lives?
Finally, chapter 4 contains Lewis's development of counterpart theory. According to Lewis's theory, each actual object exists only in the actual world and not in any non-actual world. However, each actual object has counterparts in infinitely many possible worlds that are not identical to the actual object, but that "resemble in important respects."
Read more about this topic: On The Plurality Of Worlds, Chapter 4
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