The B‐Theory in the Twentieth Century

Mozersky, Joshua M.

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“…For arguments in favour of the B-theoretic outlook see e.g. Oaklander and White 2007;Le Poidevin 2007Mellor 1998;Prosser , 2013Prosser , 2016Price 1996Price , 2011Rasmussen 2012;Mozersky 2001Mozersky , 2013Mozersky , 2015Torrengo 2014Torrengo , 2017aTorrengo , 2017bTorrengo , 2018. It is not my intention here to give justice to all extant theories within the A and B orientations.…”

Section: Real Time and The Concept Of Timementioning

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Human Imprints of Real Time: from Semantics to Metaphysics

Jaszczolt

2020

Philosophia

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Investigation into the reality of time can be pursued within the ontological domain or it can also span human thought and natural language. I propose to approach time by correlating three domains of inquiry: metaphysical time (M), the human concept of time (E), and temporal reference in natural language (L), entertaining the possibility of what I call a 'horizontal reduction' (L > E > M) and 'vertical reduction'. I present a view of temporality L/E as epistemic modality, drawing on evidence from the L domain and its correlates in the E and M domains. On this view, the human concept of time is a complex, 'molecular' concept and can be broken down into primitive concepts that are modal in nature, featuring as degrees of epistemic commitment to representations of states of affairs. I present evidence from tensed and tenseless languages (endorsing the L > E path) and point out its compatibility with the view of real time as metaphysical modality (endorsing the E > M path). Keywords Metaphysical time. Real time. Human concept of time. Time in language. Temporal reference. Reductionism. Modal reduction. Default Semantics. Tenseless languages Abbreviations time M Real time/metaphysical time time E Human concept of time time L Time in language 1 The Questions 'Yes, I love life. Why?' 'But you've made up your mind to shoot yourself.' Philosophia

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“…See e.g. Mozersky 2013Mozersky , 2015Price 2011;Prosser , 2013Prosser , 2016Torrengo 2017aTorrengo , 2017bTorrengo , 2018Skow 2015;Deasy 2017;Tallant 2019, to name a few participants in this lively debate. discuss a variety of means languages employ for temporal reference and assess their significance as evidence for the reductionist account.…”

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Human Imprints of Real Time: from Semantics to Metaphysics

Jaszczolt

2020

Philosophia

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“The End of Immortality!” Eternal Life and the Makropulos Debate

Burley

2015

J Ethics

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Responding to a well-known essay by Bernard Williams, philosophers (and a few theologians) have engaged in what I call ''the Makropulos debate,'' a debate over whether immortality-''living forever''-would be desirable for beings like us. Lacking a firm conceptual grounding in the religious contexts from which terms such as ''immortality'' and ''eternal life'' gain much of their sense, the debate has consisted chiefly in a battle of speculative fantasies. Having presented my four main reasons for this assessment, I examine an alternative and neglected conception, the idea of eternal life as a present possession, derived in large part from Johannine Christianity. Without claiming to argue for the truth of this conception, I present its investigation as exemplifying a conceptually fruitful direction of inquiry into immortality or eternal life, one which takes seriously the religious and ethical surroundings of these concepts.

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Temporal B-Coming: Passage without Presentness

Leininger

2020

Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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The B‐Theory in the Twentieth Century

Cited by 18 publications

References 31 publications

Human Imprints of Real Time: from Semantics to Metaphysics

Human Imprints of Real Time: from Semantics to Metaphysics

“The End of Immortality!” Eternal Life and the Makropulos Debate

Temporal B-Coming: Passage without Presentness

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