The Metaphysics of Time: An introduction
Here I discuss the two main views that are advocated in the literature of contemporary philosophy of time. This video is not intended to be a representation of the views that I hold personally, but a reflection on the current publications within philosophy of time. As promised, here are some links to further information; – but these links are by no means conclusive and there is a vast array of arguments and counter-arguments that were not discussed here. Stanford Encylcopida of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu McTaggart – Unreality of Time (The origin of the terminology) en.wikisource.org Smart – River of Time henry.laycock.googlepages.com Cider – Four Dimentionalism homepages.nyu.edu
Tags: Introduction, Metaphysics, Time
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:26 pm
You didn’t define what time is?
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 pm
man, cut the loud music, it makes my ears bleed. Great video otherwise.
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:53 pm
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September 2nd, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Hi, Have you ever thought that dimensions don’t really exist at all except there observation? Also, you should understand that everything you know is learned. And that learning is through laws. and laws are nothing more than a parade of preceptions happening over and over again…
Steve
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:25 am
We have no Experience even our inner world always temporal McT
if space is perceived from time,
then a centripetal force from the right
flattens things out and all their differences
into a blanket made of parallel strings
that fold like a blanket like
the contours of the brain
attention drawn to (will durates upon)
invests itself into a tiny part of one
of innumerable living foldings
blows up instantly as
the room, again?
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:33 am
Yeah, everyone speaks highly of him. I’m at Biola, so I’ve gotten to meet with him a few times, and just recently I was at conference where he interacted with a presenter on an issue in philosophy of time. It was pretty awesome.
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 am
Crisp is probably one of my fave presentists!
His counter arguments to the general relativity objection are shit hot.
September 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 am
Have you read Tom Crisp’s stuff on presentism? (See Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics.)
September 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 am
Arg thought I posted a response here.
McTaggart thinks that the A theory is a contradiction, and that the B-theory depends upon A-theory(I don’t think it does though) Therefore he advocates C-theory with no “earlier than and later than” distinctions.
I am not sure that aspect of quantum comes up, but however certain quantum principles (like CPT)for example demonstrate a fundamental a-symmetry in the laws of physics, which some believe to be a grounding for the objective directionality of time
September 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 am
Sweet
Thanks
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:12 am
It’s all the same song..”Nile – Even the gods must die”
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:12 am
What was the music in the intro?
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:19 am
Just had a quick read about McTaggart. He advocate time as illusion right? Because sereis A B and C are contradictory?
This is touching on the quantum measurement problem where observers create reality, or atleast the outcome of observations influence reality?
I’m new to it all, and studying a Physics BSc at the OU. Lots of classial physics to learn before it gets intersting!
T
September 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 am
For instance, his assertion was that the laws of physics would remain percievably the same at high speeds. So, instead of defining the speed of light as 186,000 m/s, we can determine 1 second as how long it takes to travel 186,000 miles in relation to light. The closer we get to the speed of light, the “longer” the second lasts, because it is harder to make progress in relation to a wave of light.
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:55 am
Would it be safe to say that eternalism would also include determinism? That is, if the future already exists in a temporal form, then would it already be determined by the state of the past and present, up to and including human thought/behavior itself?
Einstein’s theories led to the understanding that speed inversely affects time. Is there then logical connection between time and speed in relation to the “static” background of the universe? This would seem to suggest independent passage.
September 3rd, 2010 at 6:49 am
Maybe they’re both right.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 8:04 am
There All Literally Intended Metaphorical Models, in the Image of Relative Motion(i.e speed of photon): D scontinuos Continuom, which Reductivelly Conceals, The Metaphorically Intended Literal Model, Intrinsic Time: Continuos D scontinuity: Between Loss in Energy in Atom A, and Gain in Energy in Energy B
September 3rd, 2010 at 8:15 am
Regarding the flow of time, I’ve always thought it was just two flows of time; psychological time that people feel passing and cosmological time, in which the universe expands.
September 3rd, 2010 at 8:44 am
Not many of those folks around these days. McTaggart is the only one I can think of.
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
C theorists anyone? Good talk brother.
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:28 am
Awesome vid, man!
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