Answer by Marco Ocram for Is everything that is conceivable, logically possible?
Your question arises because the word conceivable has a range of meanings. It can be used as a synonym for possible (or inconceivable as a synonym for impossible) or it can be used in a looser way to...
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To be conceivable does not have a sharp definition. In common language, what is conceivable for one person is not necessarily conceivable for a second person. On the opposite, every statement that is...
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I've often been taught that if we can conceive of something then it is logically possible. But more and more has suggested to me that the two concepts are analytically distinct. For example, we can...
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