Human Foreknowledge

I explore the motivation and logical consequences of the idea that we have some (limited) ability to know contingent facts about the future, even in presence of the assumption that the future is objectively unsettled or indeterminate. I start by formally characterizing skepticism about the future. T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical perspectives 2021-12, Vol.35 (1), p.50-69
1. Verfasser: Cariani, Fabrizio
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:I explore the motivation and logical consequences of the idea that we have some (limited) ability to know contingent facts about the future, even in presence of the assumption that the future is objectively unsettled or indeterminate. I start by formally characterizing skepticism about the future. This analysis nudges the anti‐skeptic towards the idea that if some propositions about the future are objectively indeterminate, then it may be indeterminate whether a suitably positioned agent knows them.
ISSN:1520-8583
1520-8583
DOI:10.1111/phpe.12158