I'm attempting to argue that a B-theory Eternalist universe precludes motion. You seem to be assuming motion in your explanation for why there is no m...
I'm not here for a lesson on Eternalism, unless it involves an explanation of how anything is supposed to work in a motionless universe, including the...
Sure, and this could all be a dream. That's hardly an explanation. Either there is motion or there is not, unless you know of a third option. I though...
I don't know what "subject to the same construction" is supposed to mean. You said that there is neither passage of time nor motion. I don't follow ho...
How does a mind work if there is neither passage of time or motion? How does the human body work? What becomes of our understanding of beating hearts,...
To which premisses are you referring? We seem to agree (finally) that time doesn't pass in a B-theory Eternalist universe. I take this to imply that t...
Yes, in which time does not pass. I thought you agreed that there is no motion because time does not pass, and that this conclusion is already contain...
The passage of time is not "re-defined" under B-theory Eternalism. Time does not pass according to the B-theory. You seem to want to retain temporal p...
I wouldn't call it an assumption; it's how we experience the world. Nonetheless, there is no passage of time under B-theory Eternalism, so the assumpt...
I don't know what you mean by "the passage of time is not a meaningful thing to talk about in eternalism". However, if "Eternalism is a B-theory" and ...
Are you talking about B-theory or Eternalism? You clearly don't understand the difference, because your entire post is about Eternalism, while my stat...
No, it's all of these things you've said: Time doesn't pass according to the B-theory. That's it's defining aspect. Temporal passage was the first thi...
Are you kidding me? You've variously accused me of "not engaging the ideas", of being "incapable of entertaining another perspective", and of being mi...
Do you believe that future events become present and then past? That's the passage of time; the thing you seem to have trouble to comprehend. If you b...
The Eternalist needs to account for how one moves from t1 to t2 if temporal passage is not real. Look, you said that "In 4d spacetime an object exists...
As I understand it, there is a genuine dispute between A-theorists and B-theorists as to the nature of time, with the former affirming that temporal p...
Your complaint could be levelled at much of philosophy, it seems. It's a metaphysical and a conceptual issue. I think it logically follows from the te...
Is that a definition? How so? My concern, as presented in the OP, is with temporal passage and motion. I'm not sure whether "change" is really the sam...
As the SEP article notes, it's taking tense seriously, which means "the irreducible possession by times, events, and things of genuine A properties", ...
Per what definition? You've introduced this talk of "change" rather than temporal passage. What changes about a space-time worm? Obviously, it has dif...
I haven't been talking about the A-series or the B-series. I have only been talking about (and only asked you about) the A-theory and the B-theory. Th...
I do understand Eternalism, believe it or not. I am aware that Presentism has its own problems, but the intended topic of this discussion is whether a...
What do you mean "stay where they are"? You suggested that there are infiinite stage counterparts of yourself "who experience their own moment". I'm j...
It's unclear why the stages are parallel to me. Aren't they stages of me? Also, does this imply that each individual stage is on eternal repeat, repla...
Does this imply that there's a stage of you, e.g. tomorrow, that is having its experience now (from our perspective here today)? Or do we need to wait...
I'm afraid your ad hominem attack does not help me to understand your position. Please help me to understand where you disagree with my argument. Do y...
Good luck if you ever find yourself before the court trying to convince a judge that you can't be held responsible for your actions because of hard de...
As noted in the OP: 'According to The B Theory, time is very much like the dimensions of space. Just as there are no genuine spatial properties (like ...
If Presentism does not entail the reality of passage (i.e. the A-Theory), then are you arguing for the position of Presentism + B-Theory, i.e. that on...
If passage is not real, then the experience of passage needs to be accounted for by Eternalists. It could be an illusion, but then illusions would nee...
Eternalism with passage (i.e. with the A-Theory) is the Moving Spotlight theory. Eternalism proper (i.e. with the B-Theory) does not include temporal ...
What do you mean by 'special metaphysical status'? Is it any different to what you mean when you say "we are beings that only experience one moment in...
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