Re: SUO: FWIW: the many worlds terminology
I would prefer "polycosmic" to refer to ontologies which
contain alternative logically inconsistent possible worlds
because "multiverse" in physics already means a set of
physical universes. "Polycosmos" would be an integrated
set of ontological representations, where "multiverse"
would be a set of physical universes (which may not have
any interactions with each other, but in some theories
do interact).
Thus in one polycosmic ontology there may be several
multiverse theories, such as those that interact and
those that don't.
Pat
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Robert E. Kent wrote:
> Two choices that we could adopt for the many-worlds terminologies:
> noun: polycosmos -- adjective: polycosmic
> noun: multiverse -- adjective: multiversal
> I prefer the Greek words over the Latin.
>
> BTW, some people also use the term "cosmoi" for the plural. For example: A
> polycosmic diagram of theories represents and axiomatizes at least two
> cosmoi, whereas a monocosmic diagram of theories represents and axiomatizes
> only one cosmos.
>
> FWIW,
> Robert E. Kent
> rekent@ontologos.org
>
>
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