PHIL 31.05 Time, Truth and Fate

If it’s already true that I’ll die in an avalanche tomorrow or else that I won’t—logic says it’s one or the other—is it pointless to take precautions? Is everything fated to happen as it does? Is the future open? Can we change the past? Is anything real apart from the present? Does the present exist? Does the truth about time require different rules of logic? We’ll draw on sources from Aristotle to today.

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One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.

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