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As Wittgenstien said many philosophical questions are just examining misuse of language. In a universe with a well defined casual chain in macroscopic world, i
by laughingman2 9y ago
As Wittgenstien said many philosophical questions are just examining misuse of language.
In a universe with a well defined casual chain in macroscopic world, is asking "might have been if X", even meaningful? Even considering indeterministic effects in quantum level, is "might have been" meaningful? (I don't think so since if the effects are essentially random, making predictions about it is useless)
I think the question "unasks" itself if the language is examined thoroughly. I think its from simple conclusion that free will is meaningless term, so "might have beens" is misapplication of illusion of free will to make statements on history.