Not sure who needs to hear this today but determinism is not a mysterious metaphysical notion. If you or a loved one are struggling with haecceities, hang in there and read this paper. You got this!
(new work with Hans Halvorson and @jamesowenweatherall.com)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Determinism is (roughly) the thesis that the past determines the future. But efforts to define it precisely have exposed deep methodological disagreements. Standard possible-worlds formulations of de...
