Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William W. Tait, Gottfried Leibniz and Barbara Vetter

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
17955 Possible worlds allow us to talk about degrees of possibility [Vetter]
17957 Maybe possibility is constituted by potentiality [Vetter]
19028 Possibilities are potentialities of actual things, but abstracted from their location [Vetter]
19010 All possibility is anchored in the potentiality of individual objects [Vetter]
19013 Possibility is a generalised abstraction from the potentiality of its bearer [Vetter]
12779 There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz]
13084 How can things be incompatible, if all positive terms seem to be compatible? [Leibniz]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
19025 Potentialities may be too weak to count as 'dispositions' [Vetter]
19031 There are potentialities 'to ...', but possibilities are 'that ....'. [Vetter]
19019 Potentiality is the common genus of dispositions, abilities, and similar properties [Vetter]
19022 Water has a potentiality to acquire a potentiality to break (by freezing) [Vetter]
23705 A potentiality may not be a disposition, but dispositions are strong potentialities [Vetter, by Friend/Kimpton-Nye]
19009 Potentiality does the explaining in metaphysics; we don't explain it away or reduce it [Vetter]
19027 Potentiality logic is modal system T. Stronger systems collapse iterations, and necessitate potentials [Vetter]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
5040 Necessary truths can be analysed into original truths; contingent truths are infinitely analysable [Leibniz]
4307 A reason must be given why contingent beings should exist rather than not exist [Leibniz]