Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    On a tenseless (B-theory) view of time, future events exi... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→Omniscience does not extend to knowledge of the future.

    On a tenseless (B-theory) view of time, future events exist as fully as present ones, merely at later temporal coordinates.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
    1 reason for
    1 reason against

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Physics (relativity) treats time like space: all moments equally real, none privileged. B-theory aligns metaphysics with our best science.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.The A-theory's 'moving present' lacks physical mechanism and conflicts with relativity's rejection of absolute simultaneity.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.If future events didn't exist, their properties would be indeterminate now. But we can meaningfully discuss future facts today.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Our direct experience shows a genuine distinction between past, present, and future. B-theory dismisses this as illusion without justification.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.If all moments equally exist, the laws of physics become descriptive only, not explanatory of why events unfold in temporal order.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.B-theory makes genuine agency and free will incoherent: our choices appear predetermined from an external temporal vantage point.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.

    Connections

    1 topic

    Divine Attributes1 linked

    Related

    B-theory makes genuine agency and free will incoherent: our choices appear prede...If all moments equally exist, the laws of physics become descriptive only, not e...If future events didn't exist, their properties would be indeterminate now. But ...Omniscience does not extend to knowledge of the future.
    +3 moreShow less
    Our direct experience shows a genuine distinction between past, present, and fut...Physics (relativity) treats time like space: all moments equally real, none priv...The A-theory's 'moving present' lacks physical mechanism and conflicts with rela...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    2 (1 for, 1 against)
    Edits
    1 edit