<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I argue that relations between non-identical times, such as the relations, <italic>earlier than</italic>, <italic>later than</italic>, or <italic>10 seconds apart</italic>, involve contradiction, and only co-temporal relations are non-contradictory, which would leave presentism the only non-contradictory theory of time. The arguments I present are arguments that I have not seen in the literature.</p></abstract>

I argue that relations between non-identical times, such as the relations, earlier than, later than, or 10 seconds apart, involve contradiction, and only co-temporal relations are non-contradictory, which would leave presentism the only non-contradictory theory of time. The arguments I present are arguments that I have not seen in the literature.

The Impossibility of Temporal Relations Between Non-Identical Times: New Arguments for Presentism

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I argue that relations between non-identical times, such as the relations, earlier than, later than, or 10 seconds apart, involve contradiction, and only...

The Impossibility of Temporal Relations Between Non-Identical Times: New Arguments for Presentism

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 91 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2005-0001

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