Impossible being
Hello
Well, I read a little about being and different perceptions, etc. I know this is a very broad subject, but one thing does not give me peace:
Are things that are impossible (and possibe), contradiction and those that can not exist in any way are also beings?
Personally, I think yes, because if these things could exist then then would be a being.
Regards
Well, I read a little about being and different perceptions, etc. I know this is a very broad subject, but one thing does not give me peace:
Are things that are impossible (and possibe), contradiction and those that can not exist in any way are also beings?
Personally, I think yes, because if these things could exist then then would be a being.
Regards
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Hello. I think it is a matter of defining the term 'being'. If being is defined as "a thing that exists", then a "non-existing being" is a self-contradiction. If on the other hand being is defined as "a thing that is a unity or individual", then a "non-existing being" is possible. I am leaning towards the latter definition, because I have heard other people talk about "imaginary beings" like unicorns. That said, I don't think that contradictions can be beings, like "a thing that is both a unicorn and not a unicorn".
It's reasonable to say that any self-consistent possible world, and anything in it, exists.
Likewise mathematical theorems, abstract logical facts, etc
I think that the word "actual" (for us) is usually reserved for what's in our own physical universe.
Michael Ossipoff
What do you count as impossible?