Lexicon of Arguments

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III (d) 165f
Fatalism/Dummett: Fatalism is the thesis that any influence on the future is useless. - An action is allegedly pointless, since it will happen either way. - E.g. a bullet with your name on it: you will die despite precautions. - A bullet without a name: you won't die, even if there are measures in one or another direction.
III (d) 169
Solution: it depends on the meaning of "if": correct: from "you will not be killed" to "if no action, then you will not be killed".
Not correct: from "if no action ..." to "your actions will not work to ensure …".
Difference "if"/"even if".
((s) Error/(s): inferring from analytical truth to synthetic consequences.)
>Analyticity/syntheticity, >Logical constants, >Future.
III (d) 169/70
Fatalism/Dummett: the conclusion from
1) "you will not be killed" to
2) "If you take no action, you will not be killed" is allowed - but in every sense of "if" in which this conclusion is valid, it is not permitted to go from
1) "If you don't take any action, you will not be killed" to
2) "Your actions will not work to prevent your death".
That would only be admissible if the truth of
1) "If you don t any action you will not be killed" with the truth of
2) "If you don t take any action, you will be killed" would be incompatible.
Solution: in the meaning of "if" in which the first step was justified they would not be incompatible. - That is the failure of the fatalism.

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