Belnap, Nuel (1999) Concrete transitions. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Following von Wright, ``transitions'' are needed for understanding agency. I indicate how von Wright's account of transitions should be adapted to take account of objective indeterminism, using the idea of branching space-time. The essential point is the need to locate transitions not merely in space-time, but concretely amid the indeterministic, causally structured possibilities of our (only) world. (This is a ``postprint'' of Belnap 1999, as cited in the paper. The page numbers do not, of course, match those of the original.)

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Belnap, Nuel
Keywords:	transition, indeterminism, possibility, branching space-times
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Depositing User:	Nuel Belnap
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2002
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	817
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism
Date:	1999
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/817

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