compossibility
- noun
- /kəmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪti/
- Formal
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composibilidad
- Exploring the compossibility of various ethical frameworks helps us understand moral dilemmas.
Examples
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In philosophy, the compossibility of different theories is essential for a coherent worldview.
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Fictional worlds composed of multiple agents are therefore "a set of agential domains held together by the macrostructural conditions of the agents' compossibility" (234).
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This device violates the principle of the "compossibility" of characters.
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Logical possibility must not be confused with other physical and metaphysical considerations about the compossibility of individuals.
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In all cases, the rules of Rescher's metaphysical compossibility are flouted.
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Violations of ontological boundaries can result in impossible sets of individuals where the "community" of individuals flouts compossibility constraints, yet no strictly logical contradiction is introduced.
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To use Nicholas Rescher's term (80, 146, and 154), nomic compossibility depends on the preservation of the laws of nature.
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Of greater magnitude is Rescher's metaphysical compossibility (or what I like to discuss as "ontological" possibility), which involves the combination of individuals coexisting in a common world.
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A fourth division is the mixing or traversing of ontological levels in a fictional work, what might be called "diegetic violations." The final type of impossible fictions is that of characters inhabiting more than one fictional world: in other words, the problem of the compossibility of characters.
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The compossibility of diverse cultures coexisting peacefully enriches society.
Synonyms
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Agreement and peaceful working together between people or ideas
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The ability of two things to work together without problems
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Close agreement between ideas, actions, or values
A pleasing, balanced arrangement of parts like colours or ideas
Antonyms
How Compatible
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
compossibility = compossible (semi-transparent) = com + possible + ity
The adjective 'compossible' is a regular formation (com- + possible) whose components are recognizable, but the term is rare and chiefly philosophical, so its formation may not be fully transparent to average learners.
Etymology
Compossibility comes from the parts com- ('together'), as in combine, and possible ('able to be'). So, it means things that are 'able to be together' — they can exist or happen at the same time without conflict.