Time without Rate
Time without Rate
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没有费率的时间
DOI:
10.1080/05568641.2016.1245838
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Takeshi Sakon
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作者:
Seahwa Kim;Takeshi Sakon;Takeshi Sakon
There is a lingering objection to the idea of the passage of time. Roughly speaking, the argument runs as follows: (i) if time passes, its passage must occur at some rate, but (ii) there is no such rate; hence, the passage of time is a myth. While some philosophers try to reject premise (ii), I wish to challenge the first premise by arguing that time may pass with or without a rate. My argument addresses two cases, one that identifies the passage of time with changes in things and one that does not. I call the former view ‘the Priorian passage theory’, and the latter view ‘the pure passage theory’. I argue that each dynamic view of time is immune to the rate argument. Further, I suggest a possible extension of the Priorian passage theory, in which the passage of time is identified with the pure persistence of things.