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Single Idea 22897
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series
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Full Idea
In the dynamic theory of time the Battle of Waterloo is become more past. If we insist on the A-series properties, this seems inevitable. But how can a past event be changing now?
Gist of Idea
The A-series says a past event is becoming more past, but how can it do that?
Source
Adrian Bardon (Brief History of the Philosophy of Time [2013], 4 'Reasons')
Book Ref
Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.84
A Reaction
[He cites Ulrich Meyer for this] We don't worry about an object changing its position when it is swept down a river. The location of the Battle of Waterloo relative to 'now' is not a property of the battle. That is a 'Cambridge' property.
The
24 ideas
from 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time'
22889
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We should treat time as adverbial, so we don't experience time, we experience things temporally
[Bardon, by Bardon]
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22883
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It seems hard to understand change without understanding time first
[Bardon]
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22882
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We use calendars for the order of events, and clocks for their passing
[Bardon]
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22886
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The modern idea of 'limit' allows infinite quantities to have a finite sum
[Bardon]
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22884
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The motion of a thing should be a fact in the present moment
[Bardon]
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22890
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We experience static states (while walking round a house) and observe change (ship leaving dock)
[Bardon]
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22892
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Experiences of motion may be overlapping, thus stretching out the experience
[Bardon]
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22901
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The B-series needs a revised view of causes, laws and explanations
[Bardon]
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22898
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What is time's passage relative to, and how fast does it pass?
[Bardon]
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22902
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Why does an effect require a prior event if the prior event isn't a cause?
[Bardon]
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22900
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How can we question the passage of time, if the question takes time to ask?
[Bardon]
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22897
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The A-series says a past event is becoming more past, but how can it do that?
[Bardon]
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22896
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The B-series is realist about time, but idealist about its passage
[Bardon]
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22910
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To define time's arrow by causation, we need a timeless definition of causation
[Bardon]
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22909
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We judge memories to be of the past because the events cause the memories
[Bardon]
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22904
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The psychological arrow of time is the direction from our memories to our anticipations
[Bardon]
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22906
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The direction of entropy is probabilistic, not necessary, so cannot be identical to time's arrow
[Bardon]
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22907
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It is arbitrary to reverse time in a more orderly universe, but not in a sub-system of it
[Bardon]
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22905
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Becoming disordered is much easier for a system than becoming ordered
[Bardon]
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22903
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The B-series adds directionality when it accepts 'earlier' and 'later'
[Bardon]
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22911
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At least eternal time gives time travellers a possible destination
[Bardon]
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22912
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Time travel is not a paradox if we include it in the eternal continuum of events
[Bardon]
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22914
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An equally good question would be why there was nothing instead of something
[Bardon]
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22913
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The universe expands, so space-time is enlarging
[Bardon]
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