Episode 2: Fatalism, Foreknowledge, and Determinism with John Martin Fischer
The Free Will Show
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Is There a Trick in the Erding of the Premises?
Aristotle's fatalist argument is based on the idea that all propositions are either true or false. If it really was true, then not just probable, then how could i do anything about it now? That's the specific place where the fixity of the past is playing a role,. Nat says Aristotle didn't think both those necessities were present, or were plausible. The most plausible interpretation of aris s is that he denies that there are truths about the future.
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