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Between Ockhamism and the Thin Red Line

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Malpass, A. P.

Diametros

2016

issue 48

55-70

In this paper we will put forward a novel semantics for future contingents. The idea behind the semantics is to be a compromise position between the ‘Ockhamist’ semantics, first put forward by Prior [1966], Thomason [1970] etc., and a version of the Thin Red Line (TRL) semantics recently proposed by Malpass and Wawer [2012]. The new position is able to represent alternative possibilities in two different ways, as actual or counterfactual, which corresponds to a similar distinction in two-dimensional semantics between the primary and secondary intension. We prove a theorem about the notion of validity that results from the new definition, which in the context of the literature about TRL-theories and Ockhamism has some significance.

Twardowski i przygodna przyszłość. Prawdopodobieństwo kontra Cienka Czerwona Linia

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Węgrecki J.

Filozofia Nauki

2021

vol. 29

issue 4

83-101

One of the most widely discussed philosophical issues is the problem of future contingents. Basically, the challenge is to create an adequate semantic theory of future-tensed sentences. Twardowski (1900) suggests that future contingent statements should be analyzed using the concept of probability.The aim of this paper is to show that (1) such an analysis is not appropriate and (2) that Twardowski’s main theses imply the Thin Red Line Theory. I discuss three potential arguments against my proposal and sketch the connection with Schaffer’s Parallelism Thesis (2012).

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Between Ockhamism and the Thin Red Line

Twardowski i przygodna przyszłość. Prawdopodobieństwo kontra Cienka Czerwona Linia