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Possibility, philosophy: something is possible if it cannot be excluded. This has to be distinguished from the concept of contingency that expresses that something could have been different.
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Aristotle on Possibility - Dictionary of Arguments

Berka I 137
Possibility/Aristotle:
1 unilateral: what is not necessary. ("normal" definition today).
2 two-sided: what is neither necessary nor required (not impossible). (This is leading to problems).
"Pure chance"/Aristotle ... follows from the "two-sided" possibility:
For a certain P: it is possible that p, and it is possible that non-P.
>Contingency
, >Necessity, >Negation, >Double negation.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Berka I
Karel Berka
Lothar Kreiser
Logik Texte Berlin 1983


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