The unreal future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Peter Burge (0000-0001-9539-6922, Princeton University, corresponding author), John Stewart Burge (0000-0001-6658-1889), John P Burgess |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 157-179 |
| Publication date | 1978-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-2567.1978.tb00175.x |
| OpenAlex | W2123535212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
Perhaps if the future existed, concretely and individually, as something that could be discerned by a better brain, the past would not be so seductive: its demands would he balanced by those of the future. Persons might then straddle the middle stretch of the seesaw when considering this or that object. It might be fun. But the future has no such reality (as the pictured past and the perceived present possess); the future is but a figure of speech, a specter of thought
Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Physics · Seesaw molecular geometry · Straddle · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Indeterminism and the Thin Red Line
What if, and when? Conditionals, tense, and branching time
The closed future
Deontic Tense Logic With Historical Necessity, Frame Constants, and a Solution to the Epistemic Obligation Paradox (The “Knower”)
Moment/History Duality in Prior’s Logics of Branching-Time
Assertion, Evidence, and the Future
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |