Dorato, Mauro (2019) Review of Simon Prosser's Experiencing time, OUP, 2016. [Preprint]

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After reviewing the highly valuable contents of the book, I sketch two arguments in favor of the view that the passage of time is not, as the author claims, a mere byproduct of our experience. The first criticism involves the meaning of causation. The second Prosser's explanation of why it seems to us that time really passes, appealing to the distinction between endurantism and perdurantism. By suggesting the possibility that this distinction is not metaphysically genuine, I question the soundness of his explanation

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Dorato, Mauro mauro.dorato@uniroma3.it 0000-0002-8313-6362
Keywords:	Prosser, experience, passage of time, causation, endurantism,
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Depositing User:	Dr Mauro Dorato
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2019 13:11
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2019 13:11
Item ID:	16163
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1086/74047/
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Date:	July 2019
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16163

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