cộng tồn
Definition
Noun (Philosophy):
- Compossibility: The state or property of being compossible; the ability of multiple things, concepts, or states of affairs to exist together without logical contradiction.
Adjective (Philosophy):
- Compossible: Describing entities (e.g., possible worlds, properties, events) that are mutually compatible and can coexist without contradiction.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Leibniz bàn nhiều về khái niệm cộng tồn. (Leibniz discussed the concept of compossibility extensively.)
- Cộng tồn là điều kiện để hình thành một thế giới khả hữu. (Compossibility is a condition for forming a possible world.)
Adjective:
- Hai sự kiện này không cộng tồn được. (These two events are not compossible.)
- Leibniz tin rằng thế giới của chúng ta là tập hợp của mọi thực thể cộng tồn. (Leibniz believed our world is the collection of all compossible entities.)
Advanced Usage
- Primarily used in academic, philosophical, and theoretical contexts to discuss metaphysics, logic, and the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
- Often appears in discussions about "possible worlds," where a world is defined by a maximal set of compossible states of affairs.
Variants and Related Words
- Tính cộng tồn (n): Compossibility (the abstract noun form).
- Tính cộng tồn là chủ đề trung tâm. (Compossibility is the central topic.)
Synonyms
- Compatibility: The state of being able to exist or occur together without conflict. (Less technical, broader than compossibility.)
- Coexistence: The state of existing at the same time or in the same place. (General, not specifically logical or philosophical.)
Related Concepts
- Possible World: A complete and consistent way how things could have been, comprised of compossible elements.
- Incompossible: The antonym; describing entities that cannot coexist because their coexistence would involve a logical contradiction.