Full Idea
Tense plays a crucial role in thought and action.
Gist of Idea
Tense is essential for thought and action
Source
report of John Perry (The Problem of the Essential Indexical [1979]) by Robin Le Poidevin - Past, Present and Future of Debate about Tense 3 a
Book Reference
'Questions of Time and Tense', ed/tr. Le Poidevin,R [OUP 2002], p.28
A Reaction
This is important, because much of our metaphysics is dominated by a detached 'scientific' description of reality, which is given a rather passive character. If processes take centre stage, which they should, then our own processes are part of it.