B-Series Temporal Order in Dogen's Theory of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9215165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dirck Vorenkamp (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387 |
| Publication date | 1995-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy East and West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1399395 |
| OpenAlex | W2320285788 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
J.M.E. McTaggart's controversial argument against the reality of time has prompted many counterarguments since it was first published in 1908. Richard Gale says that the responses to McTaggart are in agreement with either the so-called A, B, or Either/or theories of time.1 Each of these theories is based on the idea that time is either or static (and only dynamic or static). If this is true, then as a group they exhaust all possible ways to conceive of and any theory of time must include elements of one or more of the three responses to McTaggart. Given the arguments above, and the fact that Dogen also wrote about the nature of one is led to the question, Do views of time fall anywhere within the A-theory, B-theory, or Either/ortheory responses to McTaggart? Because the question is too broad, as stated, for a work of this length, I propose to examine D6gen's teachings in light of the response to McTaggart. This essay will show that views on time do contain elements of each of the four main tenets of the B-theory. Furthermore, in pointing out these aspects of his thought, we will find that the assumption of consistency that has characterized modern interpretations of view of time requires reevaluation. In order to show why this is true, we will briefly examine McTaggart's original argument, and then summarize each of the four main tenets of the B-theory while asking whether or not theory of time reflects similar ideas. The term is defined according to the synopsis of the Btheorist's positions provided by Richard Gale.2 The details of that definition will follow shortly. As for the phrase Dogen's theory of time, it is defined as those teachings found in the Sh6obgenzo that deal with the concepts of uji, hoi, and/or nikon. Each of these three terms will in turn be defined before they are used to support a conclusion.3
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |