Common Sense, Ontology and Time: A Critique of Lynne Rudder Baker's View of Temporal Reality
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is twofold: First, to critically discuss Lynne Rudder's Baker BA-theory of time, and second to contrast it with the R-theory (after Russell). In the course of my discussion I will contrast three different methodological approaches regarding the relation between co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452016000400117&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is twofold: First, to critically discuss Lynne Rudder's Baker BA-theory of time, and second to contrast it with the R-theory (after Russell). In the course of my discussion I will contrast three different methodological approaches regarding the relation between common sense and ontology; clarify Russell's authentic view in contrast to the B-theory which is McTaggart's misrepresentation of Russell, and consider how the R-theory can respond to objections Baker makes to eternalism (as she understands it). |
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| ISSN: | 2317-630X |