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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Modern objections to time's passage

Richard T. W. ArthurW. Brian Arthur

pp. 37-68

Abstract

Here I examine the issue of the spatialization of time, attempts to construe becoming in terms of a "moving now" or of changing relations to the "now", and the "block universe" interpretations. I argue that McTaggart's "A theory" and Russell's rival 'static" or "B theory" of time fail because they presuppose a time in which temporal relations could either change or stay the same.

Publication details

Published in:

(2019) The reality of time flow: local becoming in modern physics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 37-68

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15948-1_3

Full citation:

Arthur Richard T W, Arthur W. Brian (2019) Modern objections to time's passage, In: The reality of time flow, Dordrecht, Springer, 37–68.