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Re: Likelihood

deej0 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:19:43 GMT

That's right, we're forming a hypothetical based on past experience. If we have previously experienced that the shop was shut at midnight then it stands to

Re: Likelihood

stephnlawrnce@... — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Hi Deej0, Have enjoyed reading past postings (though with dictionary in hand) so I'm going to have a go. Related, I guess, to the current hypotheticals

Likelihood

deej0 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:55:21 GMT

Have enjoyed reading past postings (though with dictionary in hand) so I'm going to have a go. Related, I guess, to the current hypotheticals discussion, is

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

Will Davidson — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:45:49 GMT

Steve, From a subjective standpoint I might say "If only that rock hadn't bounced off the highway and taken that exact trajectory might windshield would still

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

stephnlawrnce — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:07:48 GMT

Hi Will,--- In naturalismphilosophyforum@yahoogroups.com, Will ... have happened hypothetically, if we are also saying the hypothetical is deterministically

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

twclark2002 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:36:29 GMT

... wrote: < Leibniz seemed to reject necessitarianism because he believed there could be no choices or voluntary actions in a necessary

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

Will Davidson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:59:43 GMT

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

stephnlawrnce — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:34:59 GMT

Hi Tom, ... Yes,I think it might be this simple but as far as I can tell most philosophers believe was possible means could have been actual. I really don't

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

twclark2002 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:57:43 GMT

... wrote:

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

stephnlawrnce@... — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:35:29 GMT

In a message dated 13/08/2008 17:39:15 GMT Standard Time, twc@... writes: Here's another way to put this: If the stone hadn't flown up and hit

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

twclark2002 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:38:52 GMT

... wrote:

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

stephnlawrnce@... — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:38:46 GMT

In a message dated 13/08/2008 14:23:45 GMT Standard Time, twc@... writes: One reason it makes sense to imagine situations that aren't possible

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

twclark2002 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:23:20 GMT

One reason it makes sense to imagine situations that aren't possible given determinism is that actual situations have occurred which are close, even nearly

Re: necessity and hypotheticals

stephnlawrnce — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:54:58 GMT

... hypothetical ... and ... stone ... still ... Well we can but it's still the case that if the universe could not have been in a different state, that the

necessity and hypotheticals

twclark2002 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:52:48 GMT

Stephen Lawrence wrote over at Applied Naturalism: