The word metaphysical itself is ill-defined. This is a step further into the void. — jgill
How do we know it is now now? — KantDane21
That's right. More precisely: x is metahysically contingent = possibly*(x) &possibly*(~x)I have always thought is something is metaphysically contingent is simply means that something, a state of affairs, MAY be the case. — KantDane21
It depends: does the universe evolve deterministically? If yes, then there is exactly one metaphysically possible outcome. We're ignorant of the future, so we don't know which, but this entails epistemic possibility, not metaphysical possibility.Tomorrow I may stub my foot on a nail and feel pain.
Because when you misbehave in class the teacher says: "Now, now!" It's a simple matter of classroom discipline. Some teachers say "Now, then!", but their theory is quite incoherent in my view. — Cuthbert
I argue that on the growing salami view, it is almost certainly not
now. It is not now now; or less tendentiously, the current time is probably
not the present
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