Epistemic possibility
In philosophy and modal logic, epistemic possibility relates a statement under consideration to the current state of our knowledge about the actual world: a statement is said to be:
* epistemically possible if it may be true, for all we know
* epistemically necessary if it is certain (or must be the case), given what we know
* epistemically impossible if it cannot be true, given what we know The contrast is best explained by example. Consider the two statements: 1.
* Hitler might have been victorious in World War II 2.
* Hitler may have been victorious in World War II
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Epistemic possibility
In philosophy and modal logic, epistemic possibility relates a statement under consideration to the current state of our knowledge about the actual world: a statement is said to be:
* epistemically possible if it may be true, for all we know
* epistemically necessary if it is certain (or must be the case), given what we know
* epistemically impossible if it cannot be true, given what we know The contrast is best explained by example. Consider the two statements: 1.
* Hitler might have been victorious in World War II 2.
* Hitler may have been victorious in World War II
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