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The explanatory criterion of relevance. The ordering of (possible and impossible) worlds by their closeness to actuality is determined by weighing the different similarities they have to actuality. The similarities to actuality that can make a world closer include resemblances in matters of particular fact. (A matter of particular fact is a fact about the history of the universe that is not entailed by the laws or the truths about what the laws are (MER: 180).) They also include the conformity of another world w to the natural and metaphysical laws of actuality, such as the fact that nothing at w moves faster than light, or that all atoms at w that have atomic number 79 are gold atoms. And they include other similarities as well. However, I hold that any such similarity carries weight only if it meets the condition laid down by the explanatory criterion of relevance. Simplifying somewhat, we can state this criterion as follows:
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