On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 1:03:38 AM UTC+1 Brent wrote:
> > > On 3/11/2021 2:23 PM, Tomas Pales wrote: > > > > On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 10:27:35 PM UTC+1 Brent wrote: > >> >> >> On 3/11/2021 9:44 AM, Tomas Pales wrote: >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> Is there a dog in your room? Is it possible for a dog to be in your >> room? Do you understand those two questions? >> > > Sure. And these are the answers: There is no dog in my room at this > moment. It is impossible for a dog to be in my room at this moment. > > > I didn't write "at this moment". So apparently you can't a question > about what is possible. > You obviously meant "at this moment" when you asked about whether there is a dog in my room. If you didn't implicitely mean "at this moment" also in the second question then the answer to that question is that it might be possible for a dog to be in my room at a different time. -- 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/e2ec1dc1-6a9b-4be8-bca8-69df7e11f722n%40googlegroups.com.
