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Single Idea 15568

[catalogued under 10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility]

Full Idea

We would hardly want to say that a possibility is nothing, since surely we are considering something when we consider possibilities.

Gist of Idea

When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering

Source

Richard Polt (Heidegger: an introduction [1999], 1)

Book Reference

Polt,Richard: 'Heidegger: an introduction' [Routledge 2003], p.3


A Reaction

A nice contribution to the issue of whether modality is a feature of actuality. I would prefer to say that we can self-evidently utter truths and falsehoods about what is or is not possible, in nature, in logic, and maybe in metaphysics.