This chapter outlines soft impossibilities within modal realism, a term used to describe impossibilities that arise within the theory. It begins by defining soft impossibility—situations where intuitive possibilities are ultimately deemed impossible by the theory. The chapter then examines a specific example: island universes. Finally, it addresses these impossibilities in terms of balancing ontology and ideology.

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“Soft” Impossibilities

  • Martin Vacek

摘要

This chapter outlines soft impossibilities within modal realism, a term used to describe impossibilities that arise within the theory. It begins by defining soft impossibility—situations where intuitive possibilities are ultimately deemed impossible by the theory. The chapter then examines a specific example: island universes. Finally, it addresses these impossibilities in terms of balancing ontology and ideology.