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. |