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Eternalism and Presentism -- theories of time
The topic of this thread emerged from this thread, [thread=289962]A problem with time travel[/thread]
Originally posted by Maxtm
Your statements don't make any sense to me, so far. (They seem to contradict SR's definition of time.) I'm here to learn, so please elaborate.
What do you think the word, time, refers to? How would you define it?
Are your statements based on an interpretation of general relativity?
The topic of this thread emerged from this thread, [thread=289962]A problem with time travel[/thread]
Originally posted by Maxtm
How do I know that you're not just a closet presentist masquerading as an eternalist?You and I can perform experiments which show that we are not in the same Present, that we do not share a Now.
How does Presentism hold against that simple truth?
I was having a conversation with my girlfriend about time earlier.
We were driving home from somewhere, and I told her "We are already at home, upstairs, changing into our leisure clothes. We are still at the book store, beginning this conversation. We are still in the moment where I began telling you this."
Then, when we got home, I continued "We are still back there at the corner, when I said we are already upstairs changing, and we are upstairs changing. We are still at the book store, we are still in the moment when we first met. We can't see these periods of time because they are... around the corner from us. That does not invalidate them, nor does our inability to directly perceive events we clearly remember in our past make them stop existing. You and I are lines scribbled through time, imagining each snap shot we perceive to be the truth of reality."
Your statements don't make any sense to me, so far. (They seem to contradict SR's definition of time.) I'm here to learn, so please elaborate.
What do you think the word, time, refers to? How would you define it?
Are your statements based on an interpretation of general relativity?