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Logical vs Phenomenological possibilities

Logical possibilities are what’s logically possible, for an agent. What an agent could do, in principle, in that situation. Only bounded by Reality. 

Phenomenological possibilities are what is phenomenologically possible, for a specific agent. The sum total of affordances of experience that present themselves, to that agent, at a specific moment in time. 

Date
March 6, 2023
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