Fatalism and the logic of time /

In 'Fatalism and the Logic of Time', Linda Zagzebski examines two interpretations of the necessity of the past. One interpretation is the modal necessity of the past, and the other interpretation is the cause of closure of the past. She argues that the combination of the necessity of the p...

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The (incoherent) root of traditional fatalist arguments.
Beginning with theological fatalism --
Unraveling theological fatalism --
Reactions and consequences --
Fatalism and the causal structure of time.
Revisiting the necessity of the past --
Backward causation and backward counterfactual power --
Does time have an arrow?
1. Verfasser:
Zagzebski, Linda Trinkaus
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
In 'Fatalism and the Logic of Time', Linda Zagzebski examines two interpretations of the necessity of the past. One interpretation is the modal necessity of the past, and the other interpretation is the cause of closure of the past. She argues that the combination of the necessity of the past with the transfer of necessity principle is inconsistent with the truth of any proposition about the past that entails a proposition about the future. As such, the problem is much broader than fatalism. It is a problem in the logic of time. All arrows of time, as well as the arrows of physics, arise from the human experience of before and after - but that experience does not itself require an arrow.
Umfang:
1 online resource (99 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197786710
0197786715
9780197786697
0197786693
9780197786703
0197786707
Schlagworte:
Time > Philosophy.
Modality (Logic)
Fate and fatalism.
Philosophy.
Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology.
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