マクタガートのA理論とB理論の成立経緯と「時間の空間化」
科学哲学 Volume 55 Issue 2
Page 19-34
published_at 2023-03-31
Title
マクタガートのA理論とB理論の成立経緯と「時間の空間化」
Abstract
McTaggart’s paradox and his A-theory and B-theory are basic notions in the contemporary philosophy of time. It is well known that the paradox was introduced by McTaggart’s paper called “The Unreality of Time” published in 1908, so that it has a one-hundred-year history. As for A-theory and B-theory, in contrast, McTaggart himself didn’t consider both of them at all. The notions of A-theory and B-theory came much later, 60 years after the paradox. Moreover, they had not been as popularized as they are today until quite recently, at least after the 1990s. This paper aims to trace the origin of the notions of A-theory and B-theory and show how the debates behind them, especially objections to “spatialising time,” form the notions.
Source Identifiers
[PISSN] 0289-3428
Languages
jpn
eng
Resource Type
journal article
Publishers
日本科学哲学会
Date Issued
2023-03-31
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
metadata only access
Relations
[isIdenticalTo]
10.4216/jpssj.55.2_19
Funding Refs
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
[crossref_funder]https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001691
Award
A New Focus on Time: Presentism and Spatialisation of Time
19H01187