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- noun Plural form of
possibilium .
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Examples
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If is a quantifier over the domain of possibilia, we can think of the relativized quantifier, x (E (x) ¦) as corresponding to actualist quantification.
Intensional Logic Fitting, Melvin 2007
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Similarly, ‘must’ ampliates for possible supposita, for ‘A must be B’ means ‘It is not possible that A not be B’; but contradictories must clearly ampliate in the same way, and ‘It is possible that A not be B’ ampliates for possibilia.
Medieval Theories: Properties of Terms Read, Stephen 2006
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Three candidates suggest themselves: tropes, Lewisian possibilia, and Meinongian possibilia.
Divine Simplicity Vallicella, William F. 2006
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For Leibniz takes God to have created by actualising substances which already exist as possibilia.
The Identity of Indiscernibles Forrest, Peter 2006
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Ea enim quae non sunt nec erunt nec fuerunt, a Deo sciuntur quasi eius virtuti possibilia.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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Ea enim quae non sunt nec erunt nec fuerunt, a Deo sciuntur quasi eius virtuti possibilia.
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The marble tablet on the face of the building gives the date of the foundation and this from Roger Bacon: "Naturae secreta et artis possibilia."
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Quamvis omnia cognoscat Deus, quae suppositis quibusvis conditionibus sunt eventu possibilia; [986] non tamen ideo quicquam decrevit quoniam illud praeviderat aut futurum, aut positis talibus conditionibus eventurum.
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Quamvis omnia cognoscat Deus, quae suppositis quibusvis conditionibus sunt eventu possibilia;: [10406] 1
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Manifestum est in æternitate non fuisse aliam potentiam præter Dei nostri omnipotentis, e cujus potentia pendebant omnia possibilia, id est, quæ poterant esse, cum ab ipso fuerint creata.
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) George Sale 1716
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