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| Past, philosophy: the set of events before the point of time an observer sees as his presence. Past can be characterized as the period in which decisions are not possible. A time traveler would experience a section of the past as his present. See also present, future, time, to measure, presentism, actualism, reality, time travel._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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J.E.M. McTaggart on Past - Dictionary of Arguments
Geach I 313 Time/VsMcTaggart: his proof that time does not exist has been attacked because he uses the terms past, present and future. E.g. "Queen Anne's death is past". VsMcTaggart: "past" is ostensive and not a logical predicate. GeachVsVs: one cannot disprove McTaggart so easily. If the predicate is not to be a logical predicate,... I 314 ...then "Queen Anne's death" cannot be a logical subject either! >Time, >Present, >Future, >Predication, >Singular term, >Description._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18