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Yuval Dolev

AAAI Press

Representation and mind, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England, 2007

Representation and mind, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts, 2007

United States, United States of America

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2007

October 31, 2007

"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-234) and index.

A new view of the metaphysics of time, arguing that the traditional tensed-tenseless debate within analytic philosophy should be seen as the first stage in a philosophical investigation of time, and that the next stage belongs to phenomenology.How does time pass? Does time itself move, or is time's passage merely an illusion? Analytic philosophers belong, for the most part, to one of two camps on this question: the tensed camp, which defends the reality of time's passage, conceiving the present as “ontologically privileged” over the past and future; and the tenseless camp, which denies time's passage and holds that all events, whatever their temporal location, are ontologically equal. In Time and Realism, Yuval Dolev goes beyond the tensed-tenseless debate to argue that neither position is conclusive but that the debate over them should be seen as only the first stage in the philosophical investigation of time. The next stage, he claims, belongs to phenomenology, and, he argues further, the phenomenological analysis of time grows naturally out of the analytic enterprise. Dolev shows that the two rival theories share a metaphysical presupposition: that tense concerns the ontological status of things. He argues that this ontological assumption is natural but untenable, and that leaving it behind creates a new viewpoint from which to study central topics in the metaphysics of time. Dolev shows that such a study depends on the kind of meticulous attention to our firsthand experiences that drives phenomenological investigations. Thus, he argues, phenomenology is the venue for advancing the investigation of time. Time and Realism not only analyzes the tensed-tenseless debate, resolving some of its central difficulties along the way, it transcends it. It serves as a bridge between the analytic and the continental traditions in the philosophy of mind, both of which are shown to be vital to the philosophical examination of time.

Time And Philosophy -- Time And Zeit -- Tense And Tenselessness -- Time's Supposed Illusoriness -- The Logical Argument -- The Metaphysical Argument -- The Empirical Argument -- The Relationship Between The Three Arguments -- Tense In A Tenseless World -- Time's Supposed Concreteness -- The Moving Now -- Solipsism Of The Present Moment -- Tense Beyond Ontology -- The Emergence Of Ontology -- Incoherence Of Joint Uses Of Real -- The Myth Of Tenseless Relations -- Delusions Of Illusions -- The Collapse Of Dummet's Solipsism -- The Now Moves To An Impasse -- Transcending Ontology -- Time--as Seen From A Post-ontological Perspective -- The Duration Of The Present -- The Presence Of Experience -- The Pastness Of Remembered Experiences -- Time's Passage -- Tense-based Biases -- The Future's Openness; The Past's Fixity -- Relativity Theory -- Post-post-ontological Epilogue -- Retrospective Overview -- Augustine's Confession -- How To Continue. Yuval Dolev. A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [231]-234) And Index.

Time and philosophy
Time and zeit
Tense and tenselessness
Time's supposed illusoriness
The logical argument
The metaphysical argument
The empirical argument
The relationship between the three arguments
Tense in a tenseless world
Time's supposed concreteness
The "moving now"
Solipsism of the present moment
Tense beyond ontology
The emergence of ontology
Incoherence of joint uses of "real"
The myth of tenseless relations
Delusions of illusions
The collapse of Dummet's solipsism
The "now" moves to an impasse
Transcending ontology
Time
as seen from a post-ontological perspective
The duration of the present
The presence of experience
The pastness of remembered experiences
Time's passage
Tense-based biases
The future's openness; the past's fixity
Relativity theory
Post-post-ontological epilogue
Retrospective overview
Augustine's confession
How to continue.

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