Explanation and nowness: an objection to the A-Theory.

This paper presents an argument against the A-Theory of time. Briefly, I shall contend that the A-Theorist has no explanation for why the present moment in particular has the metaphysical privilege she accords it, and that this puts the theory at a disadvantage. In what follows, I shall begin by pre...

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Published in:	Philosophical Studies Vol. 172; no. 9; pp. 2513 - 2531
Main Author:	Mollica, Leo
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Sep2015
Subjects:	Metaphysics Philosophy of time Explanation Spacetime Philosophical analysis
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