THE TRUTH-VALUE OF FUTURE CONTINGENT PROPOSITIONS IN ARISTOTLE

The article deals with the problem of future contingents in Aristotle. According to Aristotle, clarification of << conclusion's principles >> is included in the subject of philosophy along with the study of being as such. The law of contradiction and the law of the excluded middle are reliable and unconditional principles of conclusion. However, the example with the statements about future events either calls into question the universality of these << conclusion's principles >> or leads to << epistemic fatalism >>. The author analyzes the original formulation and the solution of this problem in chapter 9 of the treatise of Aristotle << On interpretation >>.