Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Jerry A. Fodor, Immanuel Kant and Thomas Hobbes
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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A concept is logically possible if non-contradictory (but may not be actually possible) [Kant]
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There's statistical, logical, nomological, conceptual and metaphysical possibility [Fodor]
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Is the possible greater than the actual, and the actual greater than the necessary? [Kant]
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The analytic mark of possibility is that it does not generate a contradiction [Kant]
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That a concept is not self-contradictory does not make what it represents possible [Kant]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
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'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]
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