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--- abstract: "I describe in this paper the basic elements of the n-universes, a methodological tool originally introduced in Franceschi (2001) in the context of the study of Goodman's paradox. As the n-universes can be used in wide-ranging applications, such as thought experiments, I describe them from an essentially pragmatic standpoint, i.e. by describing accurately the step-by-step process which leads to a given modelisation." altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Franceschi given: Paul honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2007-04 date_type: published datestamp: 2007-04-26 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/55/11 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5511 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5511/1/A_Brief_Introduction_to_N%2Duniverses.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: ~ issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: "n-universes, thought experiment, time, space, Occam's razor" lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:50 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: | Franceschi, Paul. 2001. A Solution to Goodman's paradox, Une solution pour le paradoxe de Goodman, Dialogue 40: 99-123, cogprints.org/2176/, English translation. Franceschi, Paul. 2002. Une application des n-univers � l'argument de l'Apocalypse et au paradoxe de Goodman, doctoral dissertation, Cort�: University of Corsica, http://www.univ-corse.fr/~franceschi/index-fr.htm. Leslie, John. 1996. The End of the World: the science and ethics of human extinction, London: Routledge. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:10:33 subjects: - phil-sci succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: A Brief Introduction to N-universes type: preprint userid: 2943 volume: ~