future
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The future refers to time that is yet to come. It encompasses what is expected to happen to someone or something in the time ahead. In physics, the concept of future time is crucial for understanding motion and predicting the positions of particles over time.123
Philosophical discussions about time often debate whether the future is predetermined or open. Some believe the flow of time is a metaphysical fact, while others view it as an illusion. The study of futurology, or forecasting future developments based on current trends, emerged from fields like technological forecasting and science fiction. It uses methods like scenario techniques and expert opinions to analyze potential future outcomes.45
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history of logicSyllogisms…whether true statements about the future—e.g., “There will be a sea battle tomorrow”—are necessarily true (because all events in the world are determined by a series of efficient causes). Aristotle’s answer has been interpreted in many ways, but the simplest interpretation is to take him to be saying that, understood…
Read More…whether true statements about the future—e.g., “There will be a sea battle tomorrow”—are necessarily true (because all events in the world are determined by a series of efficient causes). Aristotle’s answer has been interpreted in many ways, but the simplest interpretation is to take him to be saying that, understood…
Read More- history of logicDevelopments in modal logic
…contexts: (1) whether propositions about future contingent events are now true or false (Aristotle had raised this question in De interpretatione, chapter 9), (2) whether a future contingent event can be known in advance, and (3) whether God (who, the tradition says, cannot be acted upon causally) can know future…
Read More…contexts: (1) whether propositions about future contingent events are now true or false (Aristotle had raised this question in De interpretatione, chapter 9), (2) whether a future contingent event can be known in advance, and (3) whether God (who, the tradition says, cannot be acted upon causally) can know future…
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applied logicTemporal logic…not the present of some future or past time. Its force is illustrated by statements such as “Never in the past did I believe that I would now live in Boston.” Other temporal notions that can be studied in similar ways include terms in the progressive tense, such as next…
Read More…not the present of some future or past time. Its force is illustrated by statements such as “Never in the past did I believe that I would now live in Boston.” Other temporal notions that can be studied in similar ways include terms in the progressive tense, such as next…
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