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Experiencing Time (Paperback)
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Experiencing Time (Paperback)
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Our engagement with time is a ubiquitous feature of our lives. We
are aware of time on many scales, from the briefest flicker of
change to the way our lives unfold over many years. But to what
extent does this encounter reveal the true nature of temporal
reality? To the extent that temporal reality is as it seems, how do
we come to be aware of it? And to the extent that temporal reality
is not as it seems, why does it seem that way? These are the
central questions addressed by Simon Prosser in Experiencing Time.
These questions take on a particular importance in philosophy for
two reasons. Firstly, there is a view concerning the metaphysics of
time, known as the B-theory of time, according to which the
apparently dynamic quality of change, the special status of the
present, and even the passage of time are all illusions. Instead,
the world is a four-dimensional space-time block, lacking any of
the apparent dynamic features of time. If the B-theory is correct,
as the book argues, then it must be explained why our experiences
seem to tell us otherwise. Secondly, experiences of temporal
features such as changes, rates and durations are of independent
interest because of certain puzzles that they raise, the solutions
to which may shed light on broader issues in the philosophy of
mind.
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