RE: Presentism vs Eternalism
March 12, 2016 at 6:00 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2016 at 7:49 am by Alex K.)
(March 12, 2016 at 5:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: Is this strictly a philosophical topic or is there some complex maths in its favour?
As I've noted elsewhere, if the laws of nature are fundamentally deterministic after all, then specifying a snapshot of the present state plus the mathematical equations of motion encapsulates all of the past and present at least as far as the theory describes it correctly. Saying that those past and present also exist separately then seems a bit redundant - the present state of a determ. universe contains in it all that was and ever will be hidden in its details - a poetic idea I think.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
