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[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence]

Full Idea

Truth-value indeterminacy is implicated no less in coming to be and passing away than it is in the context of situations of future contingency.

Gist of Idea

Truth is indeterminate in processes like coming to be and passing away

Source

Nicholas Rescher (Process Metaphysics [1996], 7.2)

A Reaction

The classic case of truth-value indeterminacy is Aristotle's sea fight tomorrow. Rescher rightly adds the arrival and departure of things, which are always processes rather than abrupt events. When is a foetus a person? When exactly did Pompeii cease?

Book Reference

Rescher,Nicholas: 'Process Metaphysics' [SUNY 1996], p.127