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unreality of time: a standalone construct

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Metaphysics

the argument that time is unreal because ordering events as past, present and future is both necessary for time and contradictory.

In metaphysics, unreality of time refers to the argument that time is unreal because ordering events as past, present and future is both necessary for time and contradictory. This meaning comes from McTaggart (1908) in Mind.[1]

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References

McTaggart, J. E. (1908). The Unreality of Time. Mind, XVII(4), 457-474. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xvii.4.457

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