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'Metaphysics', 'Relativism' and 'Critique of Pure Reason'
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Possibility is when the necessity of the contrary is false [Aristotle]
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A concept is logically possible if non-contradictory (but may not be actually possible) [Kant]
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Anything which is possible either exists or will come into existence [Aristotle]
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Is the possible greater than the actual, and the actual greater than the necessary? [Kant]
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The analytic mark of possibility is that it does not generate a contradiction [Kant]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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Potentialities are always for action, but are conditional on circumstances [Aristotle]
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We recognise potentiality from actuality [Aristotle]
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A 'potentiality' is a principle of change or process in a thing [Aristotle]
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Things are destroyed not by their powers, but by their lack of them [Aristotle]
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