Time without Rate

• Sakon, Takeshi

Abstract

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....

Journal

• Philosophical Papers

  Philosophical Papers 45 (3), 471-496, 2016-10-25

  Taylor & Francis

Keywords

• Passage of Time
• Rate Argument
• Changes in Things
• Pure Passage
• Persistence of Things

Details

• CRID: 1050282677431479040
• NII Article ID: 120006501866
• ISSN: 19968523
• ISSN: 05568641
• DOI: 10.1080/05568641.2016.1245838
• Web Site: https://dlisv03.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/il/meta_pub/G0000438repository_19968523-45-3-471
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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