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A Reply to “The Antinomy of Future Contingent Events”
A Reply to “The Antinomy of Future Contingent Events”

Author(s): Timothy Pawl
Subject(s): Philosophy, Metaphysics
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: antinomy; future contigents; representation; backward efficient causation

Summary/Abstract: In this brief reply I discuss Fr. Marcin Tkaczyk’s excellent article, “The Antinomy of Future Contingent Events.” I first raise some concerns about his understanding of representation. I then raise three concerns about his preferred solution to the antinomy: first, that a part of his theory of representation itself motivates a rejection of proposition 1 of the antinomy; second, that one needn’t employ retroactive causal connections to weaken 1 as he does; and third, that it is difficult to make sense of the sort of backward efficient causation that Tkaczyk requires for his solution to work.

  • Issue Year: 66/2018
  • Issue No: 4EOV
  • Page Range: 149-157
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English