... with possible objects, in addition to the actual ones (435). In light of the resulting view, which we can call ontic possibilism, it follows by BF that there is a possible (non-actual) object bearing the property of being my sister. In evaluating NE, the possibilist will opt for the reading according...

... quantification with a similar logical form that, in any case, have to be interpreted as involving quantification over kinds of things even if their surface structure seems to suggest otherwise. possible objects necessitism actualism possibilism quantification existence kinds generics type-shifting...

... simplicity Henry of Ghent Dasein Existenz Heidegger Martin quantification Meinongianism being in possibilism A theory Barnes Elizabeth possibilia metaphysically ideal language counterpart theory Lewis David essence de re modality ontological pluralism ontological argument Heidegger...

...This chapter extends the systems to the level of second-order modal predicate logic, where the notion of existence that is central to the actualism-possibilism distinction is given deeper and finer-grained analysis in terms of existence-entailing concepts, as opposed to concepts that do not entail...

... standing views of possibilia. Possibilism, which identifies possibilities with existing things spatially disconnected to us, and actualism, which identifies possible concrete objects with various existing abstracta, also improperly change the subject, and so fail as accounts of what is truly merely...

..., and as-if beliefs. Afterward, possibilism, mutual misunderstandings, and rumors and conspiracy theories are explored. The chapter then focuses on beliefs surrounding the costs and benefits of the colonial system and what people in both Britain and the colonies believed or professed to believe about them. Following...

... of geography and concludes by exploring some similarities between Stein’s moves and the development of possibilism within the well-established French academic geography of Paul Vidal de la Blache. The Geographical History of America Stein Parataxis Autobiography of Alice B Toklas Stein Landscape Stein...

...Table 4.1 82 How Are the Deontic Statuses of Acts Related to Outcomes in Which the Act Occurs? Views O(A) iff Deontic Maximin Possibilism the worst w where A obtains is better than C Deontic Maximax Possibilism...

... numeracy and models “young turks” … “space cadets” White G F Claval Paul Brunhes La Blache Febvre and possibilism regions Midwest “takeover,” the syllabus definitions fractional code symbol With World War I settled by peace treaties, political geography attached itself to the geographic corpus...

...In this essay, I consider several objections raised by John Pollock against my account of modality. I define possibilism – i.e., the view that there is a property that does not entail existence, but is entailed by every property – and then give a more adequate definition of actualism based on its...

...The work of Frank Jackson has been important to at least two central debates in consequentialist ethical theory: (1) between possibilism and actualism and (2) between objective consequentialism and expectabilism (or a variety of subjective consequentialism). Suppose that we define the right action...

... that Procrastinate ought to say no, because this would in fact produce the best outcome (the book being reviewed in time by another qualified reviewer), since were he to accept, neither he nor anyone else would write the review in time. According to Possibilism, he ought to say yes, since he could write the review...

... temporaryism are live metaphysical issues. They are clearer than, although somewhat reminiscent of, the more traditional issues of possibilism versus actualism and eternalism versus presentism. The chapter informally introduces the central metaphysical questions at stake in the rest of the book. It briefly...

... non-comparativism maximalism opportunity costs balancing actualism possibilism decision theory Ethicists reject, for a variety of reasons, the scale as a useful metaphor for how reasons determine deontic status. Nonetheless, such ethicists often retain the metaphor of a reason’s weight...

...: the possibilism and regionalism of Carl Sauer in relation to William Carlos Williams’ Paterson, and the academic development of geopolitics (specifically, the Italian version of it, spazio vitale) in relation to Ezra Pound’s Pisan Cantos. In these brief...

... that these struggles must be addressed by the communists, as the vanguard of the working class, using the terrains of “violence” and new “forms of activity” of the class adversary. It also analyzes Lenin’s possibilism in relation to this new cycle of struggles and concludes by discussing some important indications...

...Figure 7.1. Wedding Invitation 1. Figure 7.2. Wedding Invitation 4. The actualism/possibilism debate in ethics is about whether counterfactuals of freedom concerning what an agent would freely do if she were in certain circumstances even partly determine that agent’s obligations. This debate...

.... ” In Utilitarianism: For and Against , edited by J. J. C. Smart & B. Williams, 75–150. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The distinction between actualism and possibilism is brought out by examples like the following (Jackson and Pargetter 1986 , 235): Professor Procrastinate...

... instances of coping responsibly with an anticipated failure to behave as one ought, on the one hand, from mere acquiescence in one’s flaws, on the other. He argues that, to draw this distinction, we must recognize certain limits on the use of self-prediction as a ground of choice. actualism possibilism...