What does the flow of time consist of? Cover Image

Na czym polega upływ czasu?
What does the flow of time consist of?

Author(s): Jerzy Gołosz
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: flow of time; dynamic existence; static existence; asymmetry of time; tenses; presentism; eternalism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to show the difficulties with which we are faced when we try to explain what the flow of time consists of. The paper proposes a solution to this problem based on the notion of the dynamic existence of things and the developing the idea of absolute becoming. It is assumed that our fundamental metaphysical theories should satisfy conditions of coherence, simplicity and richness of content similar to those satisfied by theories in the empirical sciences.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 2-21
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish