The phrase "abstract possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a theoretical or conceptual chance of something occurring, without any concrete evidence or likelihood.
Example: "In the realm of philosophy, we often discuss the abstract possibility of alternate realities existing alongside our own."
Alternatives: "theoretical possibility" or "conceptual possibility".
Computer-based virtual reality makes the idea that we could be living in a simulation more than just an abstract possibility; some very smart people even think that this is not only possible, but likely.
In the parents' minds, they concluded, the immediate stress over seeing their child in teething distress typically outweighed the more abstract possibility of choking or strangulation.
But it's one thing to avoid a particular situation involving a particular woman who makes you feel a certain way; it's another entirely to avoid all women as a group and as a rule because of the abstract possibility of sexual temptation.
But this is a purely abstract possibility, certainly not something we can imagine in any detail.
He goes some way to conceiving of the abstract possibility of an agent's life based on the pursuit of a common good in society.
Because the three trichotomies are independent of each other, together they yield the abstract possibility that there are 27 distinct kinds of signs.
She becomes much more interested in the abstract possibilities of Mary's situation.
Others, like Dr. Lloyd, believe they should merely be thought of as abstract possibilities -- things that did not occur.
He was interested in the form and expressive power of objects, relishing the abstract possibilities for photography opened up by modern art.
This allows our philosophical discussion of the conceptual relation between causality and freedom to focus on the real neurological situation, not just abstract possibilities.
He was one of cinema's first poets and his haphazard, accident-strewn body of work leaves the impression of an artist more in love with the abstract possibilities of movies than with the stories he was filming.
