Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

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Causal loops are a recurring feature in the philosophy of time travel, where it is generally agreed that they logically possible but may come with theoretical cost. This paper introduces an unfamiliar set causal loop cases involving knowledge or beliefs about future: self-fulfilling prophecy (SFP loops). I show how and when such arise consider their relationship to more familiar

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Philosophies

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2409-9287']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies6030078