Ideas of Adrian Bardon, by Theme
[American, fl. 2013, Professor at Wake Forest Unviersity.]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits
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The modern idea of 'limit' allows infinite quantities to have a finite sum
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
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An equally good question would be why there was nothing instead of something
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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Why does an effect require a prior event if the prior event isn't a cause?
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / d. Entropy
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Becoming disordered is much easier for a system than becoming ordered
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time
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The universe expands, so space-time is enlarging
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / c. Idealist time
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We should treat time as adverbial, so we don't experience time, we experience things temporally [Bardon]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time
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How can we question the passage of time, if the question takes time to ask?
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / b. Rate of time
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What is time's passage relative to, and how fast does it pass?
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series
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The A-series says a past event is becoming more past, but how can it do that?
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / f. Tenseless (B) series
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The B-series is realist about time, but idealist about its passage
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The B-series needs a revised view of causes, laws and explanations
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The B-series adds directionality when it accepts 'earlier' and 'later'
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
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To define time's arrow by causation, we need a timeless definition of causation
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We judge memories to be of the past because the events cause the memories
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The psychological arrow of time is the direction from our memories to our anticipations
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The direction of entropy is probabilistic, not necessary, so cannot be identical to time's arrow
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It is arbitrary to reverse time in a more orderly universe, but not in a sub-system of it
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / h. Change in time
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It seems hard to understand change without understanding time first
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We experience static states (while walking round a house) and observe change (ship leaving dock)
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / i. Time and motion
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The motion of a thing should be a fact in the present moment
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Experiences of motion may be overlapping, thus stretching out the experience
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / j. Time travel
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At least eternal time gives time travellers a possible destination
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Time travel is not a paradox if we include it in the eternal continuum of events
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / d. Measuring time
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We use calendars for the order of events, and clocks for their passing
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