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Philosophy (2004), 79 : 165-183 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2004
doi:10.1017/S0031819104000221
Published online by Cambridge University Press 06 Jul 2004
 
Philosophy (2004), 79:2:165-183 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2004
doi:10.1017/S0031819104000221

Time in Human Experience

Jonathan Bennett a1
a1 Canada

Abstract

A set of eight mini-discourses. 1. The conceivability of the physical world's running in the opposite temporal direction. 2. Augustine's reason for thinking this is not conceivable for the world of the mind. 3. Trying to imagine being a creature that lives atemporally. 4. Memory's need for causal input. 5. Acting in the knowledge that how one acts is strictly determined. 6. The Newcomb problem. 7. The idea that all voluntary action is intended to be remedial. 8. Haunted by the strangeness of the idea of the past qua past.


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