An old GBT’s new solution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21335145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nihel Jhou (National Taiwan University), Nihel H Jhou (0000-0003-0002-1648, National Taiwan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 2146-2159 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0020174x.2022.2150304 |
| OpenAlex | W4309990599 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
An advantage of a typical growing block theory (GBT) or moving spotlight theory (MST) is that it can easily account for tenseless or tensed truths involving past entities. The paper indicates what is required for such an advantage is that a particular like a rock doesn’t change its status of being a rock when turning past from being present. But a typical GBT or MST, which implies that a particular’s turning past from being present doesn’t make a physical difference, faces a series of problems. The paper then regards the exclusion of the implication of making no physical difference by a typical GBT or MST as the second requirement for being a tenable GBT or MST. It’s difficult to satisfy both requirements – even Miller’s (2019) MWT fails to do so. The paper shall reveal how a GBT can satisfy both requirements
Block (permutation group theory) · Miller · Computer Science · Geology · Mathematics · Philosophy and History of Science
A Future for Presentism
The Moving Spotlight
How do we know it is now now?
How is the asymmetry between the open future and the fixed past to be characterized
The indeterminate present and the open future
The Moving Spotlight
The Buddhist Conception of Time and Temporality
Discussion of Time in Mahayana Texts
Presentism, and speaking of the dead
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |