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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