Three Paradigm Theories of Time: Bergson, McTaggart, and Whitehead
The three theories considered here, real continuous time (Bergson), real serial time (Whitehead), and unreal time (McTaggart), are each in some sense a reaction to Hume's theory of serial or "spatialized" time. Hence, Hume's theory is elaborated on as a foundation for the discuss...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Process studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 88-104 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hume, David 1711-1776
/ Time
/ Reception
/ Bergson, Henri 1859-1941
/ Whitehead, Alfred North 1861-1947
/ McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis 1866-1925
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| IxTheo Classification: | TJ Modern history TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | The three theories considered here, real continuous time (Bergson), real serial time (Whitehead), and unreal time (McTaggart), are each in some sense a reaction to Hume's theory of serial or "spatialized" time. Hence, Hume's theory is elaborated on as a foundation for the discussion and comparison of the subsequent three. This brief excursion into the nature of time may help to illuminate the differences among these three and to suggest some of their possible implications, particularly with regard to (1) the existential difference between intuited or transcendent time and experienced or immanent time and (2) the qualitative or ontological difference between the eternal and the temporal. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/process20194817 |