Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded

ABSTRACT In this paper I will present three arguments (based on the notions of constitution, metaphysical reality, and truth, respectively) with the aim of shedding some new light on the structure of Fine’s (2005, 2006) ‘McTaggartian’ arguments against the reality of tense. Along the way, I will als...

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Main Author: Roberto Loss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Series:Manuscrito
Subjects:
Kit Fine
McTaggart
Metaphysics of time
Reality of tense Fragmentalism
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452017000100209&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-8ca95b0b3e5e4feb9844b3ebf1fbfa392020-11-25T01:39:09ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasManuscrito2317-630X40120923910.1590/0100-6045.2017.v40n1.rlS0100-60452017000100209Fine’s McTaggart: ReloadedRoberto LossABSTRACT In this paper I will present three arguments (based on the notions of constitution, metaphysical reality, and truth, respectively) with the aim of shedding some new light on the structure of Fine’s (2005, 2006) ‘McTaggartian’ arguments against the reality of tense. Along the way, I will also (i) draw a novel map of the main realist positions about tense, (ii) unearth a previously unnoticed but potentially interesting form of external relativism (which I will label ‘hyper-presentism’) and (iii) sketch a novel interpretation of Fine’s fragmentalism (which I contrast with Lipman’s 2015, 2016b, forthcoming).http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452017000100209&lng=en&tlng=enKit FineMcTaggartMetaphysics of timeReality of tense Fragmentalism
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Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded
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McTaggart
Metaphysics of time
Reality of tense Fragmentalism
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title Fine’s McTaggart: Reloaded
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description ABSTRACT In this paper I will present three arguments (based on the notions of constitution, metaphysical reality, and truth, respectively) with the aim of shedding some new light on the structure of Fine’s (2005, 2006) ‘McTaggartian’ arguments against the reality of tense. Along the way, I will also (i) draw a novel map of the main realist positions about tense, (ii) unearth a previously unnoticed but potentially interesting form of external relativism (which I will label ‘hyper-presentism’) and (iii) sketch a novel interpretation of Fine’s fragmentalism (which I contrast with Lipman’s 2015, 2016b, forthcoming).
topic Kit Fine
McTaggart
Metaphysics of time
Reality of tense Fragmentalism
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