That’s a slightly different question. — Michael
If the person can't comprehend what has been said clearly (i.e. supported by the context), then that person certainly can't understand its justification. — 180 Proof
Modal Logic is a branch of Logic, not Metaphysics. — Corvus
if I were to draw up a diagram, metaphysics would be the circle encompassing the physical and the logical. — Joshs
From some perspectives, everything is connected or related to everything. But from some other perspectives, they are all separate entities especially in terms of the origin of the subjects etc.Here's a reference:
Modal metaphysics concerns the metaphysical underpinning of our modal statements. — javra
From some perspectives, everything is connected or related to everything. — Corvus
A circle is infinite and finite in different respects just like a Mandelbrot set has finite area but infinite perimeter. There is no respect in which humans are or can be infinite. — Lionino
In what respect is a circle or the Mandelbrot set infinite? — Joshs
The one I gave ... — 180 Proof
This seems to be tangent from the OP anyway. We are not interested in which subject is founded by which.This misses the entire point. Modal logic is founded upon metaphysics. These being two separate entities: modal logic as one specialized subset of metaphysics at large. — javra
That sounds like a perspective which is associated with the fortune tellers' world view.As to everything being interconnected in one way or another, I should think so. Even utterly disparate possible worlds will be interconnected by one's awareness of them, if nothing else. This doesn't prevent us from distinguishing rocks from their molecules and from their environment, though - as one example. — javra
Me: What is an example of a person in which that [metaphysically impossible to be infinite but logically possible] applies? — Lionino
But they are metaphysically impossible because these possible worlds don’t exist — javra
I recall reading in the esoteric forums sometime ago, that they believe everything under the sun is connected to each other even to all the celestial objects. So their motto is, "As above, so below". That's how they read the stars' movements to predict the future and people's fortunes.Touche. Your logic as to fortune tellers and such is truly out-standing. — javra
Not sure where you got that syllogism from, but it sounds meaningless, irrelevant and unintelligent. :)Oh fudge, I'll reply. And if Hitler happened to be a vegetarian, then it would be a worthwhile thing to keep in mind that all vegetarians worldwide share Hitler's mindset.
Again, I find a glaring logical flaw in this kind of association ... rewritten as some of your posts have so far been once replied to. — javra
A child older than her parents' is metaphysically impossible and logically possible insofar as there is not a contradiction in terms but an inconsistency in temporal composition, or relation. — 180 Proof
(Adaline mysteriously stops aging due to an accident and her daughter grows older than her). — javra
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