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A-series and B-series

Index A-series and B-series

In philosophy, A-series and B-series are two different descriptions of the temporal ordering relation among events. [1]

15 relations: B-theory of time, Eternalism (philosophy of time), Event (philosophy), F. H. Bradley, Four-dimensionalism, Grammatical tense, Growing block universe, Heraclitus, Idealism, J. M. E. McTaggart, Parmenides, Philosophical presentism, Philosophy of space and time, The Unreality of Time, Truth value.

B-theory of time

The B-theory of time is the name given to one of two positions regarding philosophy of time.

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Eternalism (philosophy of time)

Eternalism is a philosophical approach to the ontological nature of time, which takes the view that all existence in time is equally real, as opposed to presentism or the growing block universe theory of time, in which at least the future is not the same as any other time.

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Event (philosophy)

In philosophy, events are objects in time or instantiations of properties in objects.

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F. H. Bradley

Francis Herbert Bradley OM (30 January 1846 – 18 September 1924) was a British idealist philosopher.

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Four-dimensionalism

In philosophy, four-dimensionalism (also known as the doctrine of temporal parts) is an ontological position that an object's persistence through time is like its extension through space.

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Grammatical tense

In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time reference with reference to the moment of speaking.

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Growing block universe

According to the growing block universe theory of time (or the growing block view), the past and present exist and the future does not exist.

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Heraclitus

Heraclitus of Ephesus (Hērákleitos ho Ephésios) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire.

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Idealism

In philosophy, idealism is the group of metaphysical philosophies that assert that reality, or reality as humans can know it, is fundamentally mental, mentally constructed, or otherwise immaterial.

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J. M. E. McTaggart

John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart, FBA, commonly John McTaggart or J. M. E. McTaggart (3 September 1866 – 18 January 1925), was an idealist metaphysician.

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Parmenides

Parmenides of Elea (Παρμενίδης ὁ Ἐλεάτης) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea in Magna Graecia (Greater Greece, included Southern Italy).

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Philosophical presentism

Philosophical presentism is the view that neither the future nor the past exist.

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Philosophy of space and time

Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time.

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The Unreality of Time

"The Unreality of Time" is the best-known philosophical work of the Cambridge idealist J. M. E. McTaggart (1866–1925).

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Truth value

In logic and mathematics, a truth value, sometimes called a logical value, is a value indicating the relation of a proposition to truth.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-series_and_B-series

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