World and Possibility
Автор:
James Barlow, 116 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
9781608448289
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary has this to say for the word, possible: "pos·si·ble adj pa-s -b l Definition of POSSIBLE 1 a : being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization b : being what may be conceived, be done, or occur according to nature, custom, or manners" In metaphysics and logic, a possibility might comprise a world simply because it is limited as something, anything, the result of adding or deleting something from the actual world. If we imagine a world minus the rules of deductive logical inference, that would still be a possible world according to the usual criteria allowing for same.The interesting results force one to consider, along with the author, the following questions (among others): • What is the real difference between possibility and actuality? • Why do 'possible worlds' seem real or actual? Is it because without a world of all possibility an actual world could or would not exist (be possible)? • Is there such...
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