Todd on the open future.

The article focuses on the philosophical arguments presented in Todd's book regarding the nature of future contingents, specifically his "core argument" that future contingents are all false due to the absence of primitive future-directed facts and the characterization of will as a universal quantifier over all available branches. The author critiques Todd's premises, arguing that the first premise is unnecessary and the second is unsupported, while also suggesting that Todd's conclusion overlooks alternative views on future contingents. The discussion includes an analysis of the concepts of branches, available futures, and the implications of indeterminism and presentism in understanding future-directed facts. The author ultimately contends that Todd's framework may mislead the debate and complicate the understanding of metaphysical grounding in relation to future events. [Extracted from the article]