Counterpossibles

Counterpossibles are counterfactuals whose antecedents are impossible. On the orthodox view, all counterpossibles are vacuously true. This video examines the debate between vacuism and non-vacuism, drawing primarily on Alex Korucek's article "Counterpossibles" and Timothy Williamson's "Counterpossibles in Semantics and Metaphysics". I offer private tutoring in philosophy. For details please email me: [email protected] Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kanebaker91 Donate to my PayPal: https://paypal.me/kanebaker91 My Discord: https://discord.gg/RUjwFdDDtK 0:00 - Counterpossibles 1:12 - Vacuism 7:25 - Explaining nonvacuist intuitions 15:09 - Removing nonvacuist intuitions 22:41 - Counterpossibles in philosophical debate 26:22 - Counterpossibles and causation 30:11 - Counterpossibles in science 36:16 - Impossible worlds 42:34 - No logic of counterfactuals? 47:13 - Anything is possible?