Plural Worlds and the Architecture of Encounter

Philosophics — Philosophical and Political Ramblings · Mar 27, 2026 · 19m

This text compares Nelson Goodman’s concept of "worldmaking" with the Mediated Encounter Ontology of the World (MEOW) and the Language Insufficiency Hypothesis. While both perspectives reject the idea that language simply mirrors a pre-packaged reality, they differ on what constitutes the foundation of human experience. Goodman suggests that we create multiple worlds through various symbolic systems and classifications. In contrast, the MEOW framework argues that reality is defined by mediated encounters under specific physical and relational constraints. The author further posits that…