Possibility

Possibility refers to the condition or fact of being possible. The term is often used in various fields such as philosophy, logic, and mathematics, to denote potentiality or capability of something happening or being the case.

Philosophy

In philosophy, possibility is often contrasted with necessity. While necessity refers to the state of being inevitable or unavoidable, possibility denotes the potentiality of something happening or being the case. Philosophers often discuss the concept of possibility in the context of modal logic, a branch of logic that deals with the concepts of necessity and possibility.

Logic

In logic, possibility is often discussed in relation to propositional logic, a branch of logic that deals with propositions and their interrelations. A proposition is said to be possible if it can be the case, given certain conditions or assumptions. This is often contrasted with a proposition being necessary, which means it must be the case, regardless of any conditions or assumptions.

Mathematics

In mathematics, particularly in probability theory, the concept of possibility is used to denote the likelihood of an event occurring. This is often quantified using a probability distribution, which assigns a probability to each possible outcome of a random experiment.

See also

• Probability
• Modal logic
• Propositional logic
• Probability distribution