(February 5, 2016 at 10:08 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(February 5, 2016 at 7:51 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Can anyone explain, in layman's terms, what the modal logic/reasoning thing actually is?In context..... it's an axiomatic system which states that we can determine actuality by reference to possibility alone. That's it, that's all, there's nothing more to it.
I have a suspicion that my general feelings about philosophy largely being masturbatory gobbledygook will remain in place regardless.
Sounds like BS. I see, from the link, that they have quasi-mathematical proof for it, but it still doesn't make sense to me that something does exist just because it's possible.
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