According to a view that may be called actualism, future contingents are either true or false. Their truth or falsity depends on what happens in one among the many futures that are possible, namely, the actual future. This paper addresses the question of how actualism can be accommodated in a formal system, and suggests that three shared assumptions might hinder the way to an answer: the first is that a tree structure is needed, the second is that tensed are to be analyzed in terms of operators, the third is that actuality must be formally represented.
The Actual Future in Formal Semantics
IACONA, Andrea
2011-01-01
Abstract
According to a view that may be called actualism, future contingents are either true or false. Their truth or falsity depends on what happens in one among the many futures that are possible, namely, the actual future. This paper addresses the question of how actualism can be accommodated in a formal system, and suggests that three shared assumptions might hinder the way to an answer: the first is that a tree structure is needed, the second is that tensed are to be analyzed in terms of operators, the third is that actuality must be formally represented.
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