The Philosophy of Time | Metaphysics

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Citations:
M.J. Loux & T.M. Crisp, Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Press, 2017).
A. Ney, Metaphysics: An Introduction (2nd edn, Routledge Press, 2023). [Old Editions available].
Further Reading:
T. Crane & K. Farkas, Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (Oxford University Press, 2004).
M.J. Loux & D.W. Zimmerman, The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, 2005).
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I look forward to the rest of this series. In the meantime, I will try to answer the question: I vote, "no". At first glance, it does not make sense to say that time passes. Time is a dimension, just like the three spatial dimensions. We speak of objects moving or passing along the three spatial dimensions, not the other way around, as if these dimensions passed by three dimensional objects that are otherwise stationary. By this logic, we should see time the same way. However, there is a huge caveat to this. According to Einstein's relativity theory, it is incorrect to state that one object is stationary and the other one is moving. Rather, any motion consists of objects moving relative to each other. Perhaps this is also true of objects moving relative to dimensions. If we follow this train of thought, we may determine that asking whether time moves or whether we move is a non question.