Temporal Phenomena, Ontology and the R-Theory
dc.contributor.author | Oaklander, L. Nathan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-26T03:30:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-26T03:30:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/120241 | |
dc.description.abstract | One of the more serious criticisms of the B-theory is that by denying the passage of time or maintaining that passage is a mind-dependent illusion or appearance, the B-theory gives rise to a static, block universe and thereby removes what is most distinctively timelike about time. The aim of this paper is to discuss the R-theory of time, after Russell, who Richard Gale calls “the father of the B-theory,” and explain how the R-theory can respond to the criticisms just raised, and others. In the course of my discussion I shall clarify differences between versions of the A-, B- and R-theories of time, and argue that McTaggart’s conception of the B-series and more specifically, the B-relations that generate it, has been instrumental in misconstruing the A-/B-theory debate resulting in criticisms of the B-theory that can be seen to be fallacious when applied to the R-theory. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol.16, No. 2 | en_US |
dc.subject | Russell, Broad, McTaggart, Temporal Becoming A-theory, B-theory, R-theory | en_US |
dc.title | Temporal Phenomena, Ontology and the R-Theory | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Philosophy | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Flint | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/120241/1/Corrected Oaklander Temporal Phenomena, Ontology and the R-theory (Recovered).docx | |
dc.identifier.source | Metaphysica: International Journal of Ontology and Metaphysics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Arts, Sciences & Education, College of (UM-Flint) |
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