Full Idea
I believe that it is a fundamental, irreducible fact about the spatio-temporal structure of the world that time passes.
Gist of Idea
I believe the passing of time is a fundamental fact about the world
Source
Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], 4)
Book Reference
Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.107
A Reaction
Worth quoting because it comes from a philosopher fully informed about, and heavily committed to, the physicist's approach to reality. One fears that physicists steeped in Einstein are all B-series Eternalists. Get a life!