Taylor says that the three statements, "1. A billiard ball can be both round and red (but not round and square); 2. (Lucretius thought that) atoms can swerve from their paths; and 3. This can be the restaurant we ate in long ago" are "all the philosophically significant senses of 'can' as applied to physical objects, and these are, respectively, three senses of coherency, which I shall call logical, causal, and epistemic."

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Taylor's statement is a hypothetical example and not a direct quote or widely recognized summary of the philosophically significant senses of 'can' as applied to physical objects. The classification into logical, causal, and epistemic coherency, while it could be a useful framework, is not universally acknowledged as covering all philosophically significant senses of 'can' related to physical objects.

Taylor Says That the Three Statements, "1