REJECTION OF FATALISM ABOUT THE PAST

• Authors: Yehezkel Gal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the author defends the rejection of fatalism about the past by showing that there are possible circumstances in which it would be rational to attempt to bring about by our decisions and actions a necessary and sufficient condition, other things being equal, for something which we see as favourable to have occurred in the past. The examples he puts forward are analogous to our attempts to bring about the occurrence of future events, and demonstrate the symmetry between the past and the future in this respect.

Keywords

EN

FATALISM; FUTURE; PAST; SYMMETRY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 525 – 538

Contributors

author

Yehezkel Gal

• Department of B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Sapir Academic College, D.N. Hof Ashkelon 79165, Israel