The Contingency of Possibility
Vol 20, No 1 (2016) • Principia: an international journal of epistemology
Autor: Jean-Yves Béziau
Abstract:
In this paper we criticize the way possibility is characterized in contemporary modal logic through the diamond operator. We explain that it does not match with the usual notion of possibility and that this notion is better described by the vertex Y of the hexagon of opposition usually called contingency.
ISSN: 1414-4217
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n1p99
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2016v20n1p99/32670
Palavras-Chave: Possibility,contingency,Necessity,aquare of o
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