Abstract
There are two familiar conceptions of the nature of time.
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The ‘dynamic’ conception, according to which not all times are equally real. One version of this conception has it that only one time, the present, is real, the others either once existed or will exist, but do not at present exist.
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The ‘block universe’ or ‘static’ conception, associated with the slogan that all times are equally real.
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Cargile, J. (1989). Tense and Existence. In: Heil, J. (eds) Cause, Mind, and Reality. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9734-2_11
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