A Dilemma for Eternalists

Brian Garrett

doi:10.1007/s11406-017-9880-6

A Dilemma for Eternalists

Brian Garrett^*

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Abstract

In this discussion I argue that, given the possibility of travel to the past, eternalists face a dilemma. They must choose between fatalism and the denial of an intuitive claim about what a traveller to the past cannot do. The eternalist should deny this seemingly intuitive claim which is in fact a version of fatalism about the past.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1735-1739
Number of pages	5
Journal	Philosophia (United States)
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9880-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes

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