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I think your claim is true for a single moment in time, but if you look at the Principle of Sufficient Reason as only talking about the potential for facts to b
by westoncb 10y ago
I think your claim is true for a single moment in time, but if you look at the Principle of Sufficient Reason as only talking about the potential for facts to be explained in terms of other facts ("Every fact can be explained in terms of some other facts")—then I think dead ends at single points in time are fine.
- justinpombrio 10y agoAnd the graph of all potential facts? Which does that have: dead ends, cycles, or infinite chains?
- westoncb 10y agoWell, that's one way you can approach it: look at the graph of potential facts instead—but what I was considering was an interpretation of the Principle of Sufficient Reason where dead ends are fine at a single point in time, which adds another dimension to the graph and leaves freedom for not having dead ends, cycles, or infinite chains (as long as 'dead end' is interpreted as a node not only without outgoing edges, but which cannot develop any at any future time).