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Single Idea 10933

[from 'Essential vs Accidental Properties' by Adolph Rami, in 10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity ]

Full Idea

The usual view is that 'physical possibilities' are a natural subset of the 'metaphysical possibilities', which in turn are a subset of the 'logical possibilities'.

Gist of Idea

Physical possibility is part of metaphysical possibility which is part of logical possibility

Source

Adolph Rami (Essential vs Accidental Properties [2008], §1)

Book Reference

'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.4


A Reaction

[She cites Fine 2002 for an opposing view] I prefer 'natural' to 'physical', leaving it open where the borders of the natural lie. I take 'metaphysical' possibility to be 'in all naturally possible worlds'. So is a round square a logical possibility?