"The Philosophy of Time"

Lecture Index

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The Philosophy of Time 00:00:00
Philosophical Issues about Time 00:00:38
Ways in which time seems like space 00:02:00
Ways in which time seems different from space 00:03:16
What has to go? 00:05:52
McTaggart's distinction 00:06:40
A-series, B-series or both? 00:08:15
B-series only? 00:10:10
The B-series conception 00:11:03
Some problems and objections 00:11:20
Both A and B-series? 00:13:57
The moving-now conception of time 00:14:40
The moving-now conception (chart) 00:14:55
Some problems and objections 00:15:32
Could the moving-now be an illusion? 00:17:25
A-series only? 00:18:48
St. Augustine 00:19:35
Augustine on time 00:20:34
Augustine on Time (II) 00:21:18
Is Augustine's argument based on a confusion about tense? 00:23:38
A trivial claim? 00:24:22
Tense and Time 00:25:25
The B-series account of tense 00:27:03
Conclusion 00:31:31
End of Hofweber's talk 00:34:30
Christian Matjias 00:35:16
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