Possibilism inflates ontology with entities that bear no causal or epistemic relations to us, violating the methodological principle that ontological commitment requires empirical or rational grounding.
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Support for a belief based on logic, reasoning, or arguments that make sense, regardless of what we can observe.
causal relations(Davidson's distinction between causal and logical relations)
Relations that obtain between events themselves, independent of how those events are described
empirical grounding(as what the objection claims would undermine a priori justification)
Basing a belief or claim on observations, experiences, or information gathered from the real world through our senses.
ontological commitment(Used to derive that literal truth of 'a is F' entails existence of a)
The criterion by which acceptance of a sentence as literally true commits one to the existence of the objects referred to by singular terms in that sentence, provided the sentence cannot be paraphrased away.
possibilism(Contrasted with actualism; evaluates obligations based on what the agent could do, not what the agent will do.)
The view that an agent's obligations are determined by the best act-set possible for the agent across the relevant time span, regardless of what the agent will actually do.