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Full Idea
What seems so wrong about the 'moving spotlight' theory is that here one time is privileged, but all the times are on a par ontologically.
Gist of Idea
The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically
Source
Ross P. Cameron (On the Source of Necessity [2010], 4)
Book Ref
'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.149
A Reaction
The whole thing is baffling, but this looks like a good point. All our intuitions make presentism (there's only the present) look like a better theory than the moving spotlight (that the present is just 'special').
15102 | S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron] |
15103 | Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron] |
15104 | The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron] |