PERSP Workshop on the As and Bs in the Philosophy of Time

Sponsored by PERSP (workpackages B1 & S1) & Universitat de Barcelona

Themes:

• How exactly should the debate between A-theorists and B-theorists be characterized?
• Is there genuine disagreement between A-theorists and B-theorists?
• If so, what is the source of the disagreement?
• What connection, if any, exists between the temporalism/eternalism debate for propositions and the A theory and the B-theory?
• What role does the notion of temporal passage play in the debate between the two theories?

The workshop will have a 'read-ahead' format: papers will not be presented in the sessions but instead they will be made available to registered participants to read ahead of time. Each session will be dedicated to a presentation from the commentator, a brief reply by the speaker, and the bulk of the time will be allotted for discussion. 

Program

Thursday 19

11.00 - 12.30 Meghan Sullivan (Notre Dame): “An A-Theory Without Tense Operators” – comments by Pablo Rychter (Valencia)

14.30 - 16.00 Fabrice Correia (Neuchâtel) & Sven Rosenkranz (ICREA-UB): “Living on the Brink, or Welcome Back, Growing Block!” – comments by Graeme Forbes (Kent)

16.30 - 18.00 Natalja Deng (Geneva): “Fine’s McTaggart, Temporal Passage, and the A versus B-Debate” – comments by Bryan Pickel (Edinburgh)

Friday 20

11.00 - 12.30 Ned Markosian (Western Washington): “The A-Theory of Time and Time Travel to the Past” – comments by Giuliano Torrengo (Milan)

14.30 - 16.00 Simon Prosser (St Andrews): “Experience: A fundamental challenge in the Philosophy of Time” – comments by Amy Seymour (Notre Dame)

16.30 - 18.00 Oliver Pooley (Oxford): “The Open Future, and the Passage of Time” – comments by Albert Solé (UAB-Barcelona)

In order to register (no fee), please contact Chiara Panizza at [email protected] before 12 September 2013.

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