Philosophical Arguments Against the A-Theory

被引：9

作者：

Deasy, Daniel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Philosophy, Dublin, Ireland

来源：

PACIFIC PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY | 2018年 / 99卷 / 02期

关键词：

TIME; PRESENTISM; UNREALITY; PROOF;

D O I：

10.1111/papq.12151

中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

According to the A-theory of time some instant of time is absolutely present. Many reject the A-theory on the grounds that it is inconsistent with current spacetime physics, which appears to leave no room for absolute presentness. However, some reject the A-theory on purely philosophical grounds. In this article I describe three purely philosophical arguments against the A-theory and show that there are plausible A-theoretic responses to each of them. I conclude that, whatever else is wrong with the A-theory, it is not obviously a philosophically suspect theory.

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页码：270 / 292

页数：23

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