possibility
Let an agent explain possibility, relay its logical, philosophical and everyday senses and the named potentials from logic and philosophy sources, describe the named terms and flag the loosely filed legal phrase, and distinguish possibility from probability, necessity, actuality and capability.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What possibility is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is possibility, and how does it differ from probability, necessity, actuality and capability? definition
- Is the question about logic, philosophy, biology or everyday reasoning? boundary
Terms
Named terms.
Terms
Terms.
- What do invasion, metastatic and developmental potential and plasticity mean, and why is without prejudice different? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Logic Modal logic.
Modal
Modal logic.
Modal
Modal.
- How does modal logic formalise possibility and necessity? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Probability
Possibility and probability.
Probability
Probability.
- How do possibility and probability differ? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Domains Domain senses.
Biology
Biological potentials.
Biology
Biology.
- What are metastatic and developmental potential in biology? provenance
- Which entry fits metastasis? action
Physics
Physical realisability.
Physics
Physics.
- What does physical realisability mean? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
Context Philosophy.
Possible worlds
Possible worlds.
Possible worlds
Possible worlds.
- How do philosophers use possible worlds to analyse possibility, with views attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Legal
Legal phrase.
Legal
Legal.
- Why is without prejudice a legal phrase rather than a sense of possibility? provenance
- Which entry fits without prejudice? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- without prejudice, invasion potential, metastatic potential, plasticity, development potential, physical realizablity, voidability, reusability
What it is Filled
The quality or state of being possible, of being able to happen, exist or be done, a concept in logic, modal philosophy and everyday reasoning, contrasted with necessity and impossibility, with senses the registry aliases name such as potential in general, invasion potential of species, metastatic and developmental potential in biology, plasticity and physical realisability, and the legal phrase without prejudice, which is loosely filed. Possibility is central to modal logic, which formalises what could be so, and to probability, which quantifies how likely; the two are related but distinct.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain possibility, relay its logical, philosophical and everyday senses and the named potentials from logic and philosophy sources, describe the named terms and flag the loosely filed legal phrase, and distinguish possibility from probability, necessity, actuality and capability.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Being possible
- Modal concept
- Distinct from probability
- Many domain senses
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a mere possibility as a likelihood.
- Use possibility to spread fear or conspiracy theories.
- Treat a possibility as proof.
- Confuse logical possibility with practical feasibility.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing risk claims that may cause public alarm.
May
- Explain possibility in logic and everyday reasoning.
- Distinguish possibility from probability and necessity.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mixing up possible and probable misleads decisions.
- Fear-mongering harms the public.
Who is affected
- The public
- Decision makers
- Students
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1207505 - registry parent class
- Q3505845 - registry parent class
related
- modal concept - related
- probability
- necessity
- actuality
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.possibility
- Wikidata: Q21170479 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21170479)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- modal opposites: necessity and impossibility list
- related to: probability note - distinct
- registry parents: quality, state note
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- The state of being possible
- Without prejudice, invasion potential, metastatic potential, plasticity, development potential, physical realizability
- Probability quantifies likelihood; necessity is what must be; actuality is what is; capability is a power to act
- Not a physical object; a modal concept.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the senses
- relay modal logic context
- describe named potentials
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing possibility and probability
- Loosely filed legal phrase
- Conflating senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Not applicable
Context of use required Filled
- Describing what can happen or be the case.
- logical possibility
- physical possibility
- biological potential
- everyday possibility
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q21170479: possibility - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (ht): Posib - general description of the item
Open questions
- The legal phrase without prejudice should be moved to legal entries
- How should modal logic be linked?
- Should biological potentials be separate entries?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q21170479/spec.json