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    A fragile vase has the metaphysical possibility of surviv... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Metaphysical possibility is a necessary but not sufficient condition for an agent's ability to perform an action

    A fragile vase has the metaphysical possibility of surviving a fall but lacks any disposition toward survival, showing possibility tracks ability only accidentally.

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    • 1.Metaphysical possibility is purely logical: what's not self-contradictory is possible, independent of physical capacities or tendencies.
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    • 2.Dispositions require reliable causal powers; fragile vases lack the physical structure to reliably survive falls, so they lack survival dispositions.
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    • 3.Coincidence between possibility and ability would require all possible scenarios to align with actual capacities—an implausibly tight metaphysical connection.
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    • 1.If a vase truly can survive a fall, this capacity grounds a disposition; claiming possibility without disposition severs logical connection between can and tends-to.
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    • 2.Metaphysical possibility should be constrained by natural laws and physical composition; unconstrained logical possibility misidentifies what's genuinely possible.
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    • 3.The vase's fragility is precisely what determines both its lack of disposition AND severely restricts its real possibility—they're not separate facts.
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