Free Will vs Fate

There are two ways of looking at Oedipus Rex, the classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles. One sees it as a story about fate, and the other sees it as a story about free will. On the one hand, Oedipus Rex can be seen as a story about fate. Oedipus was fated to kill his father … Read more

Essay about Sea Battle Fatalism

Suppose there will be a sea battle at a certain point in the future or there will not be a sea battle at that point in the future. Only one of those propositions can be true and the other one is therefore false. Whichever happens to be true, will always be true that it will … Read more