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Branching Time, Fatalism, and Possibilities
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Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991 -
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- Branching Time, Fatalism, and Possibilities
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Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024
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- time ; branching time ; fatalism ; tense logic
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Abstract: The concept of branching time is widely utilized to counter fatalistic arguments to the conclusion that whatever will happen is already unavoidable. The most common semantics for branching time, such as Ockhamism, Peirceanism, and Supervaluationism, offer a formal explanation for why fatalistic arguments are flawed. This paper explores a different type of argument, one that borders on fatalism and is concerned with what might possibly happen in the future. In the paper, I show how this type of argument poses a new fatalistic threat to branching time.