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Concluding Notes on “The Paradoxes of Time Travel”
Concluding Notes on “The Paradoxes of Time Travel”

Author(s): Brian Garrett
Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Filozofický ústav SAV
Keywords: David Lewis; time travel; abilities; fatalism; Grandfather Paradox;

Summary/Abstract: I outline some objections to Lewis’s (1976) theory of abilities. I then discuss the threat of Logical Fatalism. I criticise Van Cleve’s riposte to Lewis’s paper and highlight a curious argument of Lewis’s. I end by commenting on Lewis’s solution to the Grandfather Paradox and matters arising.

  • Issue Year: 33/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 154-161
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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