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Ideas of J.M.E. McTaggart, by Text
[British, 1866 - 1925, Born in London. At Trinity College, Cambridge.]
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1921
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The Nature of Existence vol.1
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§67
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p.109
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Substance has to exist, with no intrinsic qualities or relations
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1927
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The Nature of Existence vol.2
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p.16
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How could change consist of a conjunction of changeless facts? [Le Poidevin]
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p.130
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The B-series can be inferred from the A-series, but not the other way round [Le Poidevin]
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p.131
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A-series time positions are contradictory, and yet all events occupy all of them! [Le Poidevin]
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p.137
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A-series uses past, present and future; B-series uses 'before' and 'after' [Girle]
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p.308
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A-series expressions place things in time, and their truth varies; B-series is relative, and always true [Lowe]
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p.313
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Time involves change, only the A-series explains change, but it involves contradictions, so time is unreal [Lowe]
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33.315-6
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p.213
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Change is not just having two different qualities at different points in some series
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II p.11
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p.49
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There could be no time if nothing changed
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II.329-
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p.15
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For McTaggart time is seen either as fixed, or as relative to events [Ayer]
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vol.ii
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p.16
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The B-series must depend on the A-series, because change must be explained [Le Poidevin]
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