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244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Difference Between Presentism and Eternalism
On a recent Ask Me Anything episode, someone said if you were living in a truly indeterministic universe, can you still be an eternalist? Because you don't know exactly what's going to happen in the future. My answer was sure. Why not? It's just that there is a future, but we don't know which one it is. So I definitely agree with you that eternalism and indeterminism are totally compatible. But I'm hardcore on your side. Eternalism totally consistent with independency. If presentism were true, what could make true these claims about the future or the past? That's a much more humble way for your YouTube enemy to get between
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