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On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, And Rosta wrote: > John: > > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > > > No good! There is only one reality, all others are (equally) unreal > > > President McGovern, Irish Socrates, and the one where I drank hot > > > chocolate last night are all equally false. The Verification Principle > > > shows this > > > > How? > > > > You really see no difference between the you-drank-hot-chocolate world > > and the 2 + 2 = 5 (or worse yet, 2 + 2 = Albert) worlds, or the world > > where all universals are false, or the world where all false statements > > are true? > > I think that's the wrong distinction. Those worlds are impossible, > because they violate transuniversal principles (that is, they violate > facts that are independent of particular worlds). > > Oh I see: you *did* mean this distinction, as a response to what xod > said. But let me point out for clarity's sake that the potential/imaginary > distinction is a distinction among worlds that are not impossible. > > I doubt I can persuade xod to accept any of that, though, except by > pointing out that it is an ontology that many people would like to > be able to express, even if xod finds it deluded. The world where I drank the cocoa the other night is impossible. -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();