Logic and Philosophy of Time

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): The History and Philosophy of Tense-logic
Articles

The True Futures: A Couple of Case Studies

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  • Torben Braüner
Torben Braüner
Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54337/lpt.v5i1.7858

Published 23-10-2023

Keywords

  • Arthur Prior,
  • Ockhamistic semantics,
  • future contingents,
  • The Thin Red Line

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Braüner, T. (2023). The True Futures: A Couple of Case Studies. Logic and Philosophy of Time, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.54337/lpt.v5i1.7858

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Abstract

In this paper we compare Arthur Prior’s well-known Ockhamistic semantics to an alternative semantics for future contingents. We show that the alternative semantics is able to distinguish between two different statements about counterfactual future possibilities, which are equivalent according to Prior’s Ockhamistic semantics.

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