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Philosophical Arguments Against the A‐Theory
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AbstractAccording to theA‐theory of timesome instant of time is absolutely present. Many reject the A‐theory on the grounds that it is inconsistent with current spacetime physics, which appears to leave no room for absolute presentness. However, some reject the A‐theory on purely philosophical grounds. In this article I describe three purely philosophical arguments against the A‐theory and show that there are plausible A‐theoretic responses to each of them. I conclude that, whatever else is wrong with the A‐theory, it is not obviously a philosophically suspect theory.
Title: Philosophical Arguments Against the A‐Theory
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AbstractAccording to theA‐theory of timesome instant of time is absolutely present.
Many reject the A‐theory on the grounds that it is inconsistent with current spacetime physics, which appears to leave no room for absolute presentness.
However, some reject the A‐theory on purely philosophical grounds.
In this article I describe three purely philosophical arguments against the A‐theory and show that there are plausible A‐theoretic responses to each of them.
I conclude that, whatever else is wrong with the A‐theory, it is not obviously a philosophically suspect theory.
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