On the Sea Battle Tomorrow That May Not Happen

A Logical and Philosophical Analysis of the Master Argument

Tomasz Jarmużek author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:20th Mar '19

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This book is devoted to the problem of the Master Argument – a historical argument of the Greek philosopher Diodorus Cronus. Since the original argument was lost, many contemporary logicians have tried to recreate it, using modern tools of logic. The objective of Diodorus’ argument was to evidence the correctness of the temporarily defined modalities: necessity and probability. They took a deterministic form and challenged the indeterministic approach of Aristotle included in the Sea-Battle Tomorrow. In this study, the author shows that some of the reconstructions of the Master Argument allowed for the branched time structures. This is the crowning argument to prove that despite the acceptance of Diodorus’ notions, the Aristotelian Sea-Battle Tomorrow may still not happen, or may as well happen.

ISBN: 9783631745892

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 415g

264 pages

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