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11. The future is fluid
The following passage is from Michael Dummett’s, Truth and the Past (Columbia 2004):
The following passage is from Michael Dummett’s, Truth and the Past (Columbia 2004):
The past is fixed, it is said, but the future is fluid: there are numerous possible future courses of events, but no one of them is the actual future course of events. Were it not so, we could not affect the future, just as we cannot affect the past.Can you unpack the argument?
| If one of the numerous possible future courses of events was the actual future course of events, then we would not be able to affect the future | We are able to affect the future |
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| None of the numerous possible future courses of events is the actual future course of events |
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| The future is fluid |
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