Dilemma of Determinism

Dilemma of Determinism Determinism, in effect, pictures a "block universe," one where part decrees part. This is a universe of necessity and impossibility —everything is either necessary or impossible. There is no real possibility. Indeterminism takes the view, instead, that the possibilities outnumber the actualities—that there are real possibilities. The decision between determinism and indeterminism cannot be made on the basis of fact. It’s not an issue of fact. [That is, neither can …

…start, and also where he determines some rigorously from the start. Others he might determine contingently ("this is the move I’ll make if the other player makes move X"). And still others he might leave absolutely open, at the start—whether he leaves them open to be decided later by himself or to be decided later by the other player (the point is they are genuinely open now, at the start of the game).