Full Idea
One of the limitations of the A-series is that temporal passage then presupposes the existence of properties of being present, being past and being future.
Gist of Idea
The A-series has to treat being past, present or future as properties
Source
Baron,S/Miller,K (Intro to the Philosophy of Time [2019], 2.1)
Book Reference
Baron,S/Miller,K: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Time' [Polity 2019], p.39
A Reaction
Metaphysicians happily talk about 'properties' all the time, and most of them never grasp how ambiguous and obscure that concept is. The idea that my recent scratching of my chin first acquired the 'present' property and then lost it is incoherent.
Related Idea
Idea 22997 The present moment is a matter of existence, not of acquiring a property [Baron/Miller]