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I agree. In my mind, counterfactuals are only meaningful if there’s free will. Something else could’ve happened iff you could’ve done or chosen otherwise.
by gmaster1440 5y ago
I agree. In my mind, counterfactuals are only meaningful if there’s free will.
Something else could’ve happened iff you could’ve done or chosen otherwise.
- Sniffnoy 5y agoNo, counterfactuals are basically a separate matter. For instance, we can ask questions like "What if Lee Harvey Oswald's gun had jammed?" This doesn't involve any free will; it just involves the ability to work forward from a state that didn't actually occur.