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Full Idea
It is necessary and, I suppose, a priori that if time passes at all it passes at one second per second. …Similarly, the fair exchange rate for a dollar must be a dollar.
Gist of Idea
If time passes, presumably it passes at one second per second
Source
Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], 4.1)
Book Ref
Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.112
A Reaction
[He is discussing Huw Price on time] This is a reply to the claim that if time passes it has to pass at some rate, and 'one second per second' is ridiculous. Not very convincing, even with the dollar analogy.
| 5561 | If time involved succession, we must think of another time in which succession occurs [Kant] |
| 14615 | If time flows, then 'how fast does it flow?' is a tricky question [Smart] |
| 22934 | Time can't speed up or slow down, so it doesn't seem to be a 'process' [Le Poidevin] |
| 16265 | If time passes, presumably it passes at one second per second [Maudlin] |
| 22898 | What is time's passage relative to, and how fast does it pass? [Bardon] |
| 22999 | It is meaningless to measure the rate of time using time itself, and without a rate there is no flow [Baron/Miller] |