Branching histories approach to indeterminism and free will

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An informal sketch is offered of some chief ideas of the (formal) ``branching histories'' theory of objective possibility, free will and indeterminism. Reference is made to ``branching time'' and to ``branching space-times,'' with emphasis on a theme that they share: Objective possibilities are in Our World, organized by the relation of causal order.

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Agency and deontic logic.John Horty - 2001 - New York: Oxford University Press.
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