Single Idea 14714

[catalogued under 10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible]

Full Idea

It seems apriori coherent that there could be a necessarily existing god, and that there could be no such god - but they can't both be true. Other examples include unprovable mathematical necessities

Gist of Idea

Contradictory claims about a necessary god both seem apriori coherent

Source

Laura Schroeter (Two-Dimensional Semantics [2010], 2.3.4)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.29

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