The unreality of time¶
McTaggart, J. M. E. (1908). The unreality of time. Mind, 17(68), 457-474.
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- Time
- A core function of "time" is to distinguish between objective temporal ordering (event A precedes event B, measurable by clocks) and subjective temporal experience (the present moment feels privileged; the future is psychologically different from the past even if physical laws are time-symmetric), a distinction McTaggart (1908) framed as the contrast between the A-series (past/present/future, dynamic) and the B-series (earlier-than/later-than, static and objective).
This sourceFoundational philosophical paper distinguishing the A-series (past/present/future, dynamic and tensed) from the B-series (earlier-than/later-than, static and tenseless); canonical framework for separating objective temporal ordering from subjective temporal experience.
- A core function of "time" is to distinguish between objective temporal ordering (event A precedes event B, measurable by clocks) and subjective temporal experience (the present moment feels privileged; the future is psychologically different from the past even if physical laws are time-symmetric), a distinction McTaggart (1908) framed as the contrast between the A-series (past/present/future, dynamic) and the B-series (earlier-than/later-than, static and objective).
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