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Passage and Perception
Author(s) -
Prosser Simon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
noûs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.574
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1468-0068
pISSN - 0029-4624
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00816.x
Subject(s) - citation , perception , computer science , library science , psychology , neuroscience
I shall refer to all theories according to which time passes (including dynamic versions of presentism, ‘growing block’ theories, ‘shrinking tree’ theories, and so on) under the umbrella term ‘A-theory’, and I shall use the term ‘B-theory’ in the standard way to refer to the theory according to which time does not pass, and although events are ordered in time there is no objective present time. Many philosophers, both Aand B-theorists, have agreed that in experience we are, or at least seem to be, aware of time passing: