Is tense real and objective? Can the fact that something is past, say, be wholly objective, consistent with modern physics? I believe that it can. But some hold that for tense to be real, then a certain ontological doctrine must also hold. There must be a fact of the matter as to what really, truly, exists at each time. For example, it is held that only what is now really exists. This is the doctrine of presentism. Alternatively, that only what is now or past really exists; following Savitt, I shall call this possibilism. But on either view there is a problem with special relativity. There is another question that is closely related. Is the contrast between the determinate and the indeterminate real and objective, consistent with physics? I...
In this paper we describe a novel approach to defining an ontologically fundamental notion of co-pre...
The purpose of the present study is to explore and defend a particular thesis within the philosophy ...
On one view of time (a view that has gone by the names of tense realism, eternalist A‐theory, hyper‐...
Is tense real and objective? Can the fact that something is past, say, be wholly objective, consiste...
A fairly simple theory of the semantics of tense is obtained by combining three claims: (i...
grantor: University of TorontoDifferent beliefs concerning the metaphysical status of ' te...
philosophical jargon are called Tenses". To claim that Tenses are real is to claim that they are sat...
The paper re-evaluates Prior’s tenets about indeterminism and relativity from the point of view of t...
Those inclined to positions in the philosophy of time that take tense seriously have typically assum...
According to our commonsense view, time can be divided up into the past, the present, and the future...
Special relativity has been understood by many as vindicating a tenseless conception of time, denyin...
Presentism, some say, is either the analytic triviality that the only things that exist now are ones...
This paper argues that the Einstein-Minkowski space-time of special relativity provides an adequate ...
Is there anything more certain than the knowledge we have that we are present? It would be a scandal...
Physical theories distinguish two notions of time: reversible, homogeneous parameter time (relativit...
In this paper we describe a novel approach to defining an ontologically fundamental notion of co-pre...
The purpose of the present study is to explore and defend a particular thesis within the philosophy ...
On one view of time (a view that has gone by the names of tense realism, eternalist A‐theory, hyper‐...
Is tense real and objective? Can the fact that something is past, say, be wholly objective, consiste...
A fairly simple theory of the semantics of tense is obtained by combining three claims: (i...
grantor: University of TorontoDifferent beliefs concerning the metaphysical status of ' te...
philosophical jargon are called Tenses". To claim that Tenses are real is to claim that they are sat...
The paper re-evaluates Prior’s tenets about indeterminism and relativity from the point of view of t...
Those inclined to positions in the philosophy of time that take tense seriously have typically assum...
According to our commonsense view, time can be divided up into the past, the present, and the future...
Special relativity has been understood by many as vindicating a tenseless conception of time, denyin...
Presentism, some say, is either the analytic triviality that the only things that exist now are ones...
This paper argues that the Einstein-Minkowski space-time of special relativity provides an adequate ...
Is there anything more certain than the knowledge we have that we are present? It would be a scandal...
Physical theories distinguish two notions of time: reversible, homogeneous parameter time (relativit...
In this paper we describe a novel approach to defining an ontologically fundamental notion of co-pre...
The purpose of the present study is to explore and defend a particular thesis within the philosophy ...
On one view of time (a view that has gone by the names of tense realism, eternalist A‐theory, hyper‐...