The Contingency of Possibility

Authors

  • Jean-Yves Béziau Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development Brazilian Academy of Philosophy and International Academy for Philosophy of Sciences Departmento de Filosofia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Largo de São Francisco de Paula, 1 20051-070 Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRAZIL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n1p99

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.

Author Biography

Jean-Yves Béziau, Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development Brazilian Academy of Philosophy and International Academy for Philosophy of Sciences Departmento de Filosofia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Largo de São Francisco de Paula, 1 20051-070 Rio de Janeiro, RJ BRAZIL

Professor of Departmento de Filosofia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Published

2016-09-22

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2016)

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