In his Theodicy (1710), G.W. Leibniz used the concept of a possible world in his proposed solution to the theological problem of the existence of evil, arguing that an all-perfect God would actualize the best of all possible worlds; this idea was later satirized by Voltaire in his comic novel Candide (1759).
Whether or not this system, if it were ever actualized, would actually undergo any feelings and experiences, it seems coherent to suppose that it might not.
He was really trying to reassure both sides that, precious as the right is to Palestinians, actualizing it would not mean the end of Israel; that, on both sides, a majority constituency for a two-state solution remained to be tapped.
From that standpoint one of the distinctive features of inauthentic Dasein is that it fails to actualize its Being.
Although God presents possibilities to the events in the world, each event "decides" how it will actualize those possibilities.
I didn't expect it to actualize, but I was excited that it could.
That led me to think would it be possible; at this point, with so much imagery available in the digital archives, to reconstruct my memoirs through all the DVD re-releases, eBay ephemera, YouTube uploads and above all the resource of the internet itself; the way it can actualize half-forgotten memories and produce a niche for seemingly every remembrance".
It would certainly throw McCain for a loop, neutralize the whole experience issue at a stroke, and actualize the theme of a new kind of politics without looking reckless.
Although it would contradict a creature's freedom if God were to cause, or in Plantinga's terms strongly actualize, a world where creatures only do good, an omniscient God would still know the circumstances under which creatures would go wrong.
80 yrs later women fight for same right #FreeTheNipple pic.twitter.com/57UfpnhdIA queen @Ketilll #FreeTheNipple pic.twitter.com/zyYxnVFg38 chillin #FreeTheNipple @gatistiganum pic.twitter.com/YKdSMqHpqJ When American women gain the same courage as Icelandic women it wouldn't be long before #FreeTheNipple becomes as relavant as #freetheankle Let's stop sexualizing and start actualizing.
For a fetus to be conscious in a sense that would establish it as a fully actualized human life, according both to current neuroscientific standards and to the philosophical tradition from which the concept stems, it would have to be capable of self-perception as well as simple perception of stimuli.
