Title

Why Is It Now?

School/Department

Talbot School of Theology

Publication Date

12-17-2002

Abstract

Adolf Grünbaum, following J.J.C. Smart, has argued that the A‐Theory of time is untenable due to its inability to answer the question, uniquely attending the A‐theory, as to why it is now 2000. I argue, however, that Grünbaum's explication of the question's meaning makes the question a triviality. But there may be lurking here a somewhat different question, which is meaningful on a A‐Theory of time, the answer to which may have surprising implications concerning the past infinitude of time.

Keywords

A-Theory of time; Adolf Grunbaum;

Publication Title

Ratio an international journal of analytic philosophy

Volume

13

Issue

2

First Page

115

Last Page

122

DOI of Published Version

10.1111/1467-9329.00114

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