Wittgenstein’s Dreamer: Skepticism in John Mighton’s Possible Worlds

Henri Feist

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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2024): Special Issue Staging Strategies: Trends in Canadian Drama and Performing Arts

Wittgenstein’s Dreamer: Skepticism in John Mighton’s Possible Worlds

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Submitted: June 24, 2025
Published: 2025-06-24

References

Baldwin, Thomas, editor. G. E. Moore: Selected Writings. Routledge, 2006.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. La vida es sueño. Diputación de Albacete — Servicio de Publicaciones, 2001.
Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, Cambridge UP, 1998.
Klaver, Elisabeth. “Possible Worlds, Mathematics, and John Mighton’s ‘Possible Worlds.’” Narrative, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 45-63. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20107380.
Kripke, Saul A. Naming and Necessity. Harvard UP, 1972.
Lewis, David. On the Plurality of Worlds. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
Mighton, John. Possible Worlds. Playwrights Canada Press, 1990.
Moore, G.E. “A Defense of Common-Sense.” Baldwin, pp. 106-33.
—. “Proof of an External World.” Baldwin, pp. 147-70.
Putnam, Hilary. Reason, Truth, and History. Cambridge UP, 1981.
Stephenson, Jenn. “Metatheatre and Authentication through Metonymic Compression in John Mighton’s ‘Possible Worlds.’” Theatre Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, 2006, pp. 76-93. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25069780.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. On Certainty. Edited by G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. von Wright, translated by G.E.M. Anscombe and Paul Denis, Harper Torchbooks, 1972.
—. Philosophical Investigations. Translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

How to Cite

Feist, H. (2025). Wittgenstein’s Dreamer: Skepticism in John Mighton’s Possible Worlds. Studies in Canadian Literature, 49(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/34888

Copyright Notice

[1] Baldwin, Thomas, editor. G. E. Moore: Selected Writings. Routledge, 2006.

[2] Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. La vida es sueño. Diputación de Albacete — Servicio de Publicaciones, 2001.

[3] Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Translated by Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, Cambridge UP, 1998.

[4] Klaver, Elisabeth. “Possible Worlds, Mathematics, and John Mighton’s ‘Possible Worlds.’” Narrative, vol. 14, no. 1, 2006, pp. 45-63. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20107380.

[5] Kripke, Saul A. Naming and Necessity. Harvard UP, 1972.

[6] Lewis, David. On the Plurality of Worlds. Basil Blackwell, 1986.

[7] Mighton, John. Possible Worlds. Playwrights Canada Press, 1990.

[8] Moore, G.E. “A Defense of Common-Sense.” Baldwin, pp. 106-33.

[9] —. “Proof of an External World.” Baldwin, pp. 147-70.

[10] Putnam, Hilary. Reason, Truth, and History. Cambridge UP, 1981.

[11] Stephenson, Jenn. “Metatheatre and Authentication through Metonymic Compression in John Mighton’s ‘Possible Worlds.’” Theatre Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, 2006, pp. 76-93. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25069780.

[12] Wittgenstein, Ludwig. On Certainty. Edited by G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. von Wright, translated by G.E.M. Anscombe and Paul Denis, Harper Torchbooks, 1972.

[13] —. Philosophical Investigations. Translated by G.E.M. Anscombe, Blackwell Publishers, 1999.