if a theory is logicaly possible does that mean it is correct?

Question

for example solipsism

Answer 1

NO just because a theory appears logical doesn't mean it is correct.

It must be proven.

Answer 2

Of course not, because there are often two or more logical possibilities that directly contradict each other. For example, it is logically possible that solipsism is true, and it is logically possible that solipsism is false. Obviously, if only logical possibility were required for truth, then both of the above would be true, but that is logically impossible! When a theory is logically possible, that only determines that it cannot be conclusively excluded as a possibility. It in no way means that it must be true.

Answer 3

No, logically possible means that it's good, not that it's correct, it means that the theory is worth putting to practical examination where it may prove itself correct. And even after a theory does get good results, often it needs to keep proving itself over and over before it starts to be thought of as the correct one.
LOL Its a hard taskmaster.

Answer 4

What do you mean by 'logically possible'? Logical possibility only exists in inductive logic. Inductive logic only measures the probability of a proposition. For example, take the proposition 'the sun will not rise tommorow', this proposition is inductively possible. I suppose by correct you mean true and therefore incorrect would be false. In that case, you are talking about deductive logic - the logic of absolutely certainty.

You confuse logic in your question. Anything is logically possible, but when something is correct - it must be logically certain - and therefore can never be incorrect or reduced to a possibility. Theories are by definition inductively possible but are not deductively certain, therefore they are not correct if logically possible.

Certain philosophers have gone on to prove that essentially, nothing is certain, because certainty only exists in our mind, nothing in the world is absolutely true. (Read David Hume)

Answer 5

It's logically possible that I will drop dead in exactly five seconds from now. People drop dead every day so it's certainly a possibility.

Okay, countdown starts now:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0......Nothing happened.

I didn't drop dead so I concluded that logically possible does not necessarily mean correct.

Answer 6

No since logic is in our minds... it is a human invention, or instinct to a certain extent... for something to be correct it needs to be naturally correct, i.e., correct objectively, in the world, in the universe, it must be natural, to conclude something is correct just because our minds (the logic in it) say that it is correct then we're only deluding ourselves, we're only making ourselves happy but we could never know the truth that way... of course that doesn't mean that the current world and in the past didn't work like that...

Answer 7

Of course not. At some point, data from the real world must intrude.

Answer 8

What determines correct? The purpose?

Answer 9

If a theory proves to be correct it ceases to be a theory.

Answer 10

It has to be proven first, for then and only then is it correct.