If the future is predetermined then it by definition can only be one way which is just another way of saying "only one possible future". If it can only possibly be one predetermined way then how could the future possibly be any other way? (if it's predetermined to be only one way!) It can't.
Yes wikipedia doesn't phrase it in the same way as Daniel Dennett does but it indeed implies it (and Dennett knows the definition of determinism!!).
I wasn't making an argument for determinism, I was just stating that the wikipedia definition of determinism (or any definition of determinism that defines the future as determined (therefore only being able to be one possible way!)) implies that there is "only one possible future". It means the same thing. If the future is predetermined then it can't be any other way because then it wouldn't be predetermined, it would then be indeterministic, so not full determined - it would be undetermined. And if the future can only be one way then what does that mean? That there's only one possible future.
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Yes wikipedia doesn't phrase it in the same way as Daniel Dennett does but it indeed implies it (and Dennett knows the definition of determinism!!).
Quote:This is where you should adjust your reasoning. The EVM model refutes the argument you're making.
I wasn't making an argument for determinism, I was just stating that the wikipedia definition of determinism (or any definition of determinism that defines the future as determined (therefore only being able to be one possible way!)) implies that there is "only one possible future". It means the same thing. If the future is predetermined then it can't be any other way because then it wouldn't be predetermined, it would then be indeterministic, so not full determined - it would be undetermined. And if the future can only be one way then what does that mean? That there's only one possible future.
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