@article{ART001822462},
author={HAN WOOJIN},
title={Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2013},
volume={34},
pages={195-220},
doi={10.33156/philos.2013.34..007}
TY - JOUR
AU - HAN WOOJIN
TI - Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2013
VL - 34
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 195
EP - 220
SN - 1598-7213
AB - McTaggart asserts that time is unreal by denying the two theories of time. A-Theory holds that tense such as present, past or future is real and present events can be past events in the future. B-Theory maintains that tense is unreal, and only relations between events such as ‘before,’ ‘after’ or ‘simultaneous’ exist. I claim that McTaggart’s argument to deny time is inconsistent. He first drives B-theory to a contradiction by introducing ‘change’ which is a key notion of A-Theory, and then criticizes A-Theory. In his argument to show that A-Theory entails a contradiction, he utilizes tenseless terms belonging to B-Theory, which he already denied. However, this is inconsistent. When we reconstruct his argument into a dilemma, the problem of inconsistency is still found. Furthermore, the whole sequence of his argument is revealed to be invalid.
KW - McTaggart;Time;Tense;A-Theory;B-Theory
DO - 10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
ER -
HAN WOOJIN. (2013). Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time. Philosophical Investigation, 34, 195-220.
HAN WOOJIN. 2013, "Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time", Philosophical Investigation, vol.34, pp.195-220. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN "Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time" Philosophical Investigation 34 pp.195-220 (2013) : 195.
HAN WOOJIN. Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time. 2013; 34 195-220. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN. "Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time" Philosophical Investigation 34(2013) : 195-220.doi: 10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN. Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time. Philosophical Investigation, 34, 195-220. doi: 10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN. Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time. Philosophical Investigation. 2013; 34 195-220. doi: 10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN. Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time. 2013; 34 195-220. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
HAN WOOJIN. "Troubles with McTaggart’s Paradox of Time" Philosophical Investigation 34(2013) : 195-220.doi: 10.33156/philos.2013.34..007
