From: Brian Holtz [brian@holtz.org] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:52 AM To: alt.atheism.moderated Subject: Re: Science & atheism are cultures. "Jesse Nowells" wrote: > I am claiming that there is a possible difference between possibility & > actuality of a possible world. Again: this claim would be more persuasive if you could in fact describe (and not just name or label) a difference between an actual world and a merely possible world. > The claim is trivally self-evident. Argument by assertion. > A world's actuality may or may not be the case. Argument by assertion. > A possible world may or may not exist. An actual world may have > X properties. A possible world might have hypothetical Y properties. More naming/labeling of differences rather than describing them. > there is no > *necessary* equivalence between its possibility & its actuality. That's only true if you can describe (and not just name or label) a possible difference between a world's possibility and its actuality. You have manifestly failed to do so. > You might try to be less ambiguous Any ambiguity here is introduced by your reading, not my writing. > You appear to be > trying to obliterate the distinction between actuality & possibility. ONLY in a single, extremely narrow domain. Now, let's see if you've been paying attention. Can you name that domain? -- brian@holtz.org http://humanknowledge.net