Why so? — Varde
There's a lot of what but no why, in your post. — Varde
We can know all impossible worlds a priori – (as a rule) they are worlds constituted by contradictions and/or which consist of objects with inconsistent predicates (re: members of the empty set).But can we know all the possible worlds a priori?
This actually seems impossible... — A Realist
Can a coin land on both heads or tails before I flip it?Can Schrodinger's cat be both dead and alive before I measure? — A Realist
No. "Schrödinger's Cat" is a thought-experiment, not a prediction (or retrodiction).Doesn't it constitute as a true contradiction?
:chin:... we are here because, given enough time, circumstances arise in which intelligent life will arise. — Manuel
But can we know all the possible worlds a priori? — A Realist
Can a coin land on both heads or tails before I flip it? — 180 Proof
I get it, JR, but as I haven't mentioned anything about a "breakdown" of the laws of physics or principles of logic I don't see how your satirical reply to that quote follows. — 180 Proof
nullum sensum facit — jgill
That's not a description, just a label. "Omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent" are predicates you must define and describe what each entails in order to discern whether or not they are self-contradictory or inconsistent with one another and therefore whether or not an entity so predicated belongs to any 'possible world'. Btw, as Pascal suggests, no religion is founded on worshipping the tri-Omni "God of the philosophers".The OOO God! — Agent Smith
Either the state of the universe can be represented by a real or it cannot. — hypericin
That's not a description, just a label. "Omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent" are predicates you must define and describe what each entails in order to discern whether or not they are self-contradictory or inconsistent with one another and therefore is an entity so predicated belongs to any 'possible world'. Btw, as Pascal suggests, no religion is founded on worshipping the tri-Omni "God of the philosophers". — 180 Proof
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