A Journal of the Plague Years.
Weak fatalism is only the idea that future contingents all have truth values.
Strong fatalism is the idea that, if X is fated, then X will happen no matter what happens between now and then.
Within the first few pages, Defoe attributes strong fatalism to Islam.
In the guise of an idea found in Cicero, that the sick need no doctors because if they are to succumb medicine is useless and if they are to live it is unnecessary.
Note that the co-fatality defense amounts to rejection of strong fatalism in favor of weak.
Note that the co-fatality defense amounts to rejection of strong fatalism in favor of weak.
No comments:
Post a Comment