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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

5479	Scientific essentialists say science should define the limits of the possible [Ellis]
	Full Idea: Scientific essentialists hold that one of the primary aims of science is to define the limits of the possible.
	From: Brian Ellis (The Philosophy of Nature: new essentialism [2002], Ch.6)
	A reaction: I'm not sure working scientists will go along with that, but I like the claim that philosophy is very much part of the same enterprise as practical science (and NOT subservient to it!). I think of metaphysics as very high level physics.