An error in temporal error theory

Tallant, Jonathan (2018) An error in temporal error theory. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 4 (1). pp. 14-32. ISSN 2053-4485 (In Press)

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Abstract

Within the philosophy of time there has been a growing interest in positions that deny the reality of time. Those positions, whether motivated by arguments from physics or metaphysics, have a shared conclusion: time is not real. What has not been made wholly clear, however, is exactly what it entails to deny the reality of time. Time is unreal, sure. But what does that mean?

There has (within the recent literature) been only one sustained attempt to spell out exactly what it would mean to endorse a (so-called) temporal error theory; a theory that denies the reality of time—Baron & Miller’s ‘What is temporal error theory?’. Despite the fact that their paper makes significant strides in spelling out what would be required of a temporal error theory, my claim in this paper is that their position must be rejected and replaced. As well as looking to reject Baron and Miller’s position, I also look to provide that replacement.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/911373
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of Philosophy
Identification Number: 10.1017/apa.2018.5
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2018 08:28
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:31
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/49746

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