On Monday, June 28, 2021 at 2:24:08 PM UTC+2 Bruce wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 9:54 PM Tomas Pales <litew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And what is the difference between a possible world that exists and a >> possible world that doesn't, anyway? What does it mean "to exist"? I see no >> difference between possibility and existence. >> > > That is a serious conceptual shortcoming on your part. It is possible that > there exists a horse-like creature with a single horn (unicorn), but that > does not mean that unicorns exist anywhere outside the realms of the secret > forest in Harry Potter novels. >
If unicorns are defined logically consistently with the whole reality, I don't see why they wouldn't exist, though apparently not on this planet. So what is the difference between a possible world that exists and a possible world that doesn't? -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/d37c114e-2ac6-45e6-bd34-e4a9c54f3523n%40googlegroups.com.
