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 06:18:41PM *  2 points [-]

I probably should have used the words "presentism" and "eternalism" instead of "A-theory" and "B-theory". I've added a footnote which I hope clarifies this.

The point is that these are theories about what exists, and not just theories about how we should talk about time. To say that all of time is even "there" to be coordinatized is, in essence, to sign onto the B-theory as opposed to the A-theory.