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10 - Assertion Troubles

from Part IV - Assertion, Prediction, and the Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

Fabrizio Cariani
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
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Chapter 10 argues that the Aristotelian conception of indeterminacy of the future is incompatible with the ordinary fact that we assert contingent facts about the future.

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The Modal Future
A Theory of Future-Directed Thought and Talk
, pp. 190 - 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Assertion Troubles
  • Fabrizio Cariani, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Book: The Modal Future
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108668514.016
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  • Assertion Troubles
  • Fabrizio Cariani, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Book: The Modal Future
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108668514.016
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  • Assertion Troubles
  • Fabrizio Cariani, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Book: The Modal Future
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108668514.016
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