Things mere mortals can do, but philosophers can't
| Autor: | Stephanie Rennick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Analysis. 75:22-26 |
| ISSN: | 1467-8284 0003-2638 |
| Popis: | David Lewis famously argued that the time traveller �can� murder her grandfather, even though she never will: it is compossible with a particular set of facts including her motive, opportunity and skill (1976: 150). I argue that while ordinary agents �can� under Lewis�s conception, philosophers cannot � the latter will not only fail to fulfill their homicidal intentions but also fail to form them in the first place. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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