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Full Idea
If we aim to derive impossibility from inconceivability, we may either face a failure to conceive something, or arrive at a state of incoherence in conceiving.
Gist of Idea
Inconceivability (implying impossibility) may be failure to conceive, or incoherence
Source
Anand Vaidya (Understanding and Essence [2010], 'Application')
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophia' [-], p.831
A Reaction
[summary] Thus I can't manage to conceive a multi-dimensional hypercube, but I don't even try to conceive a circular square. In both cases, we must consider whether the inconceivability results from our own inadequacy, rather than from the facts.
| 19259 | If 2-D conceivability can a priori show possibilities, this is a defence of conceptual analysis [Vaidya] |
| 19267 | Define conceivable; how reliable is it; does inconceivability help; and what type of possibility results? [Vaidya] |
| 19268 | Inconceivability (implying impossibility) may be failure to conceive, or incoherence [Vaidya] |
| 19266 | In a disjunctive case, the justification comes from one side, and the truth from the other [Vaidya] |
| 19260 | Gettier deductive justifications split the justification from the truthmaker [Vaidya] |
| 19262 | Essential properties are necessary, but necessary properties may not be essential [Vaidya] |
| 19264 | Aboutness is always intended, and cannot be accidental [Vaidya] |
| 19265 | Can you possess objective understanding without realising it? [Vaidya] |