Mellor's 'Real Time' demonstrates that every proposed A-series escape route—including token-reflexive, relational, and presentist variants—still requires tensed facts that themselves must be ordered by a further A-series.

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A-series(McTaggart's theory of time): An objective ordering of events in time according to the determinations of being past, present, and future; not generated merely by an arbitrary choice of a point of time as the present.
Escape route(What the statement says Neale's reconstruction closes off): A logical loophole or way out that allows you to avoid accepting the conclusion of an argument.
Mellor(as a reference to a specific philosopher): D.H. Mellor is a British philosopher who wrote influential work on the nature of time and causation.
Relational: # Relational "Relational" means focusing on how things connect to and depend on each other, rather than looking at them in isolation. For example, a relational approach to understanding a person considers their family, friends, work, and community—not just their individual traits. In everyday use, it emphasizes that meaning, value, and identity often come from relationships and interactions rather than existing completely on their own.

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