Abstract
Analysing the theory of future contingency that Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) has developed in chapter I.10 of his The Interpretation (Al-ʿIbara from the logic part of Al-Shifāʾ) and criticising the rival interpretations of this chapter, I argue that, according to him, the future is open not only epistemically but also ontically and alethically. This means that there are future propositions expressing future states of affairs whose occurrence or non-occurrence is not yet settled. Such a proposition does not have a settled truth-value. It is neither true nor false. Accordingly, neither such a proposition nor its negation can be known.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | The Monist |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 1 Jan 2025 |