Our Experience of Passage on the B-Theory

• Published in: Erkenntnis Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 713 - 726
• Main Author: Deng, Natalja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.08.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Coordinate systems; Education; Epistemology; Ethics; Logic; Mathematical sequences; Memory; Metaphysics; Ontology; Original Article; Perceptual experiences; Phenomenology; Philosophical logics. Philosophy of language; Philosophy; Sensory perception; Spacetime; Temporal dimensions; Temporality; Theory; Time perception; Temporal Reality; Temporal Extent; Causal Dimension; Causal Account; Temporal Perspective; Analytical Philosophy; Cognition

Elsewhere I have suggested that the B-theory includes a notion of passage, by virtue of including succession. Here, I provide further support for that claim by showing that uncontroversial elements of the B-theory straightforwardly ground a veridical sense of passage. First, I argue that the B-theor...