CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. THE BACKGROUND
6. INTRODUCTION 37
7. 1. FATALISM 41
8. 2. PROFESSOR TAYLOR ON FATALISM 53
9. 3. FATALISM AND ABILITY 57
10. 4. FATALISM AND ABILITY II 61
11. 5. FATALISM AND LINGUISTIC REFORM 65
12. 6. FATALISM AND PROFESSOR TAYLOR 69
13. 7. TAYLOR’S FATAL FALLACY 79
14. 8. A NOTE ON FATALISM 85
15. 9. TAUTOLOGY AND FATALISM 89
16. 10. FATALISTIC ARGUMENTS 93
17. 11. COMMENT 107
18. 12. FATALISM AND ORDINARY LANGUAGE 111
19. 13. FALLACIES IN TAYLOR’S “FATALISM” 127
20. PART II. THE ESSAY
21. 14. RENEWING THE FATALIST CONVERSATION 135
22. 15. RICHARD TAYLOR’S “FATALISM” AND THE SEMANTICS OF PHYSICAL MODALITY 141
23. PART III. EPILOGUE
24. 16. DAVID FOSTER WALLACE AS STUDENT: A MEMOIR 219
25. APPENDIX: THE PROBLEM OF FUTURE CONTINGENCIES 223