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It is not the case that On a tenseless (B-theory) view of time, future events exist as fully as present ones, merely at later temporal coordinates.
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Our direct experience shows a genuine distinction between past, present, and future. B-theory dismisses this as illusion without justification.
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If all moments equally exist, the laws of physics become descriptive only, not explanatory of why events unfold in temporal order.
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B-theory makes genuine agency and free will incoherent: our choices appear predetermined from an external temporal vantage point.
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Physics (relativity) treats time like space: all moments equally real, none privileged. B-theory aligns metaphysics with our best science.
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The A-theory's 'moving present' lacks physical mechanism and conflicts with relativity's rejection of absolute simultaneity.
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If future events didn't exist, their properties would be indeterminate now. But we can meaningfully discuss future facts today.
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