Some Puzzles About Ability

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dc.contributor.advisorHaji, Ishtiyaque
dc.contributor.authorYao, Bokai
dc.contributor.committeememberKazmi, Ali
dc.contributor.committeememberLatham, Noa
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T16:34:02Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T16:34:02Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims to solve two metaphysical puzzles about ability. The first belongs to the free will debate: is determinism compatible with the ability to do otherwise? The second pertains to time travel: what things can a backward time traveler do in the past? By introducing two principles about an agent’s ability regarding the past, I defend the following modal principle about ability: what an agent can do must be compossible with the past. This principle generates solutions to the two puzzles.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYao, B. (2017). Some Puzzles About Ability (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27830en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27830
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3720
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subject.otherMetaphysics
dc.subject.otherAbility
dc.subject.otherFree Will
dc.subject.otherTime Travel
dc.titleSome Puzzles About Ability
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophy
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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