Logos and episteme
Johnny SAKR ABSTRACT: This paper advances a conditional rationalist argument against the metaphysical possibility of backward time travel. It proceeds from the assumption, accepted by some but not all modal rationalists, that metaphysical possibility is constrained by intelligibility, where intelligibility requires non-circular explanation and justification. Under this assumption, worlds that violate either the Strong Principle of Sufficient Reason (Strong-PSR) or …
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