Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Modality

in scholastic philosophy, means the mode in which anything exists. Kant divides our judgment into three modalities: (1) Problematic, touching possible events; (2) Assertoric, touching real events; (3) Apodictic, touching necessary events.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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