On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 1:26:27 AM UTC+1 Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:52 AM Tomas Pales <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> If there is a contradiction in the definition of an object, that means >> that the law of identity is violated and the object is not identical to >> itself and hence is not possible. There is no difference between possible >> and necessary in the absolute sense because every possible object exists >> necessarily in reality as a whole. >> > > > That is known as 'begging the question' in that you have assumed the > result that it is necessary for you to prove. In other words, you have a > circular argument. > I don't have much of an argument for claiming that there is no difference between possible and "real" existence. I just can't even imagine any fundamental difference, I don't know what it would even mean. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/7fe68af0-dfa1-4cc0-a961-bcc1a677cb19n%40googlegroups.com.
