The nature of the present
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-05-07 v1
Abstract
The feeling of a moving present or `now' seems to form part of our most basic perceptions about reality. Such a present, however, is not reflected in any of our theories of the physical world. In this short note I argue for a tenseless view of time, where what we call `the present' is just an emergent secondary quality arising from the interaction of perceiving self-conscious individuals with their environment. I maintain that there is no flow of time, but just an ordered system of events.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.0803,
title = {The nature of the present},
author = {Gustavo E. Romero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0803},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
5 pages, contribution to the GRACo I meeting, to be published by Cambridge University Press