Tyrrell_McAllister comments on Why is the A-Theory of Time Attractive? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 01 November 2014 05:59:09PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for this data point.

In the post, I unthinkingly used "A-theory" and "B-theory" as code for "presentism" and "eternalism". I'd be curious to know how you react to the positions in these articles.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 01 November 2014 10:31:17PM 3 points [-]

In kind of the same way as calef again: It is a question of definitions or what is meant by 'exist'. A psychological artifact or a reality modelling artifact. There is not really a contradiction. I think philosophy sometimes beats these things to death. They should rather right these wrong questions.