@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Armstrong,David M.}, subject = {Actualism}, note = {III 8/9 Actualism/Armstrong per: not assuming possible things under any circumstances - but past + future are real and do exist - truthmaker must be actual. >Truthmakers. III 125 Anti-Actualism/Armstrong: (E.g. uninstantiated idiosyncratic reaction between particles with high probability). Someone might say, "there might also have been a different reaction" the law of excluded middle applies - Armstrong: someone like this assumes non-actual physically possible states that also involve particulars; because they are part of the ontology, they are defined. ArmstrongVs: that is extreme non-actualism. Solution: instead: non-factualism: there are no facts here - that is why the law of excluded middle fails here. >Nonfactualism, >Universals, >Nominalism. III 135 Actualism/Probability/Armstrong: rejects irreducible potentialities (possibilia) - (Armstrong ditto) - Question: Is probability not merely an unrealized possibility? - ArmstrongVs: it is a fact which other categorical properties the object has.}, note = { Armstrong I David M. Armstrong Meaning and Communication, The Philosophical Review 80, 1971, pp. 427-447 In Handlung, Kommunikation, Bedeutung, Georg Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1979 Armstrong II (a) David M. Armstrong Dispositions as Categorical States In Dispositions, Tim Crane, London New York 1996 Armstrong II (b) David M. Armstrong Place’ s and Armstrong’ s Views Compared and Contrasted In Dispositions, Tim Crane, London New York 1996 Armstrong II (c) David M. Armstrong Reply to Martin In Dispositions, Tim Crane, London New York 1996 Armstrong II (d) David M. Armstrong Second Reply to Martin London New York 1996 Armstrong III D. Armstrong What is a Law of Nature? Cambridge 1983 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=198913} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=198913} }