10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPOSSIBLE»
Discover the use of
compossible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
compossible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Leibniz: Critical and Interpretive Essays
Peter and Peter* cannot be compossible, for only St. Peter exists. Yet there is no
contradiction to be derived from the pair of them, as is shown by the fact, that on
my theory, [Peter denies] and [Peter* is loyal] are both true. Rescher and Mates ...
2
Philosophical Papers : Volume II
The corresponding facts about my larynx and nervous system are compossible
with my speaking Finnish. But don't take me along to Helsinki as your interpreter:
I can't speak Finnish. My speaking Finnish is compossible with the facts ...
David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University, 1987
3
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to ...
Facts about the anatomy and operation of the ape's larynx and nervous system
are not compossible with his speaking Finnish. The corresponding facts about my
larynx and nervous system are compossible with my speaking Finnish. But don't ...
4
Possibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz's Metaphysics
(4) If and only if substances A...n can (all) exist together in some possible world,
they are compossible. (5) Substances A...n are compossible if and only if each
perceptually represents (all) the others. (6) If A...n are compossible, and if any ...
5
Joint Ventures: Mindreading, Mirroring, and Embodied Cognition
could have occurred” may be translated as “a causally compossible world can be
imagined in which e occurs.” Normally the determinist will be able to construct
worlds resembling the real one to a large extent. But these worlds will never be ...
6
Introducing Philosophy Through Film: Key Texts, Discussion, ...
Tim's killing Grandfather that day in 1921 is compossible with a fairly rich set of
facts: the facts about his rifle, his skill and training, the unobstructed line of fire,
the locked door and the absence of any chaperone to defend the past, and so on.
Richard A. Fumerton, Richard Fumerton, Diane Jeske, 2009
compossible with a fairly rich set of facts: the facu about his rifle, his skill and
training, the unobstructed line of fire, the locked door and the absence of any
chaperone to defend the past, and so on. Indeed it is compossible with alt the
facts of ...
8
Modal Logic as Metaphysics
Suppose that the second disjunct ofil'TlL holds, and let i E d.Then either d I or d is
infinite. In both cases is compossible with d, so i E e by the second disjunct of#.
Thus again d Q e. Conversely, we check that if d Q e then # holds. Suppose that d
...
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Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Time and Space
It is necessarily true that only compossible things can exist. 2. It is necessarily
true that things are compossible with one another only if they are temporally
related. Given 1 and 2 we can infer: 3. It is necessarily true that all existing things
are ...
10
Power: A Philosophical Analysis, Second Edition
The original marathon runner could run to Athens or could live, but could not do
both together: the two did not form a compossible set for him. Each compossible
set can be expressed as a long conjunction, as when we say that the runner
lacks ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPOSSIBLE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
compossible is used in the context of the following news items.
'Compossibility' And Religious Liberty
Or, rather, it doesn't answer the question unless you think that all rights are compossible, that they should fit together with no conflict and no ... «The Federalist, Mar 14»
A Perfect God
God has as much power, knowledge, and goodness as are mutually compatible and compossible. If God sovereignly chooses to confer on ... «First Things, Jan 13»
Making Sense of Intellectual Property Law
... for such systems generate "compossible" claims, meaning that my free exercise of my rights is compatible with your free exercise of yours; ... «Reason, Jan 13»
Life Value, The Common Life Interest of Legitimate Rights and …
The ultimate starting point here and elsewhere is that all true values cohere in virtue of the common life-ground which enables the compossible ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jan 12»
THE METALLIC VIOLINS (Natsuko Yoshimoto, James Cuddeford)
Roger Smalley and Elena Kats-Chernin both turn in sets of neat miniatures alongside a clever Compossible by David Harris. For me, however ... «Limelight Magazine, Jun 11»
Hangman, Spare That Word: The English Purge Their Language
A number of public figures in Britain have stepped forward to champion specific words, hoping to demonstrate they are compossible (possible ... «TIME, Oct 08»
Collins dictionary asks public to rescue outdated words
Compossible - possible in coexistence with something else. Exuviate - to shed (a skin or similar outer covering). Fatidical - prophetic. Griseous ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 08»
