- Abstract:
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Special relativity has been understood by many as vindicating a tenseless conception of time, denying the existence of tensed facts and a fortiori objective temporal passage. The reason for this is straightforward: both passage and the obtaining of tensed facts require a universal knife-edge present moment—yet this structure is not easily reconcilable with the relativity of simultaneity. The above being said, the prospects for tense and passage are sometimes claimed to be improved on moving t...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Publisher:
- Springer Verlag Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Synthese Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2020-02-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-01-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0964
- ISSN:
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0039-7857
- Pubs id:
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1083512
- Local pid:
- pubs:1083512
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- Copyright holder:
- Read et Quresh-Hurst
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Getting tense about relativity
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