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    It is true today what the player will decide tomorrow und... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A player's decision is not as free under eternalism as it would be if the future were ontologically open.

    It is true today what the player will decide tomorrow under eternalism.

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    Philosophers who reject eternalism may not leave the discussion here. They could argue that it may very well be the case that the player’s choice is neither causally determined by past events nor by future events. Yet, eternalism implies that the player’s decision is ontologically determinate before it is made, since it is true today what she will decide tomorrow. Therefore she is not as free as she would be if the future is ontologically open, i.e., it is not yet ontologically determinate what

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