Single Idea 14606

[catalogued under 10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible]

Full Idea

The only plausible link from conceivability to possibility is via ideal conceivability.

Gist of Idea

Only ideal conceivability could indicate what is possible

Source

Jonathan Schaffer (Causation and Laws of Nature [2008], n22)

Book Reference

'Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics', ed/tr. Sider/Hawthorne/Zimmerman [Blackwell 2008], p.102


A Reaction

[He cites Chalmers 2002] I'm not sure what 'via' could mean here. Since I don't know any other way than attempted conceivability for assessing a possibility, I am a bit baffled by this idea.