Literary critics, such as Marie-Laure Ryan, Lubomír Doležel, and Thomas Pavel, have used possible-worlds theory to address notions of literary truth, the nature of fictionality, and the relationship between fictional worlds and reality.
Marie-Laure Ryan, Lubomir Doležel, og Thomas Pavel, har brugt mulige verdener teori til at behandle begreberne litterære sandhed, arten af fictionality, og forholdet mellem fiktive verdener og virkelighed.