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Full Idea
It is very tough to see how we could understand what change is without understanding what time is.
Gist of Idea
It seems hard to understand change without understanding time first
Source
Adrian Bardon (Brief History of the Philosophy of Time [2013], Intro)
Book Ref
Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.4
A Reaction
This thought is aimed at those who are hoping to define time in terms of change. My working assumption is that time must be a primitive concept in any metaphysics.
| 22916 | Unlike time, change goes at different rates, and is usually localised [Aristotle, by Le Poidevin] |
| 5983 | I disagree with the idea that time is nothing but cosmic movement [Augustine] |
| 22883 | It seems hard to understand change without understanding time first [Bardon] |
| 22890 | We experience static states (while walking round a house) and observe change (ship leaving dock) [Bardon] |
| 22989 | Static time theory presents change as one property at t1, and a different property at t2 [Baron/Miller] |