Philosophy of Time Society Forum

Dear All,

Please note: the Society now has a new webpage, here: http://www.philtimesociety.com/

This webpage will no-longer be maintained.

best wishes,
Jonathan

Hello Everyone (with apologies for cross posting),

A few bits and pieces about the Society.

First, Alan White is standing down as Secretary of the PTS. On behalf of the Society, I'd like to extend my thanks to Alan for the hard work that he's put in during his time as Secretary. Without him, I'm pretty sure we'd have had rather fewer meetings of the PTS recently!
We're looking for a new secretary and I'm delighted to say that Kristie Miller (http://kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html) has agreed to stand for the post. Of course, we will need to hold an election to formally ratify any appointment, so if there are any other interested parties, please could they let me know by this coming Friday (April 12th).

Second, I'd like to reiterate the call for abstracts: The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (200 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Eastern APA December 27-30, 2013, in Baltimore, MD. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by May 1st.

Third, the latest issue of Chronos should be out soon. My apologies for the delay.

Finally, we're looking to migrate the PTS webpages to something a little more user-friendly over the next couple of months. Do keep a look-out for the update.

Best wishes,
Jonathan
jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Is time really a dimension?

cargocollective.com/philosopher

I would like to announce the publication of 'A Companion to the Philosophy of Time'
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)--edited by Adrian Bardon and Heather Dyke.

It includes 32 specially-commissioned essays from leading scholars on
all aspects of (i) the history of the philosophy of time, (ii) the
science and metaphysics of time, and (iii) the experience of time.

http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Philosophy-Time-Blackwell-Companions/dp/0470658819

(Publisher's blurb and table of contents below)

Advance reviews:

“This is an indispensable collection of articles on the philosophy of
time. Its contributors illuminate every major aspect of it and its
history. I can think of no better guide to the subject.”

--Hugh Mellor, University of Cambridge

“In this exceptional collection of original essays, Adrian Bardon and
Heather Dyke have put together a volume that makes an invaluable and
lasting contribution to the philosophy of time.”

--L. Nathan Oaklander, University of Michigan-Flint

From the Back Cover:

The philosophy of time has been a central area of concern for
philosophers for thousands of years. It remains one of the most active
areas of academic philosophy, but the study of time has never been
more dynamic and interdisciplinary than now. A Companion to the
Philosophy of Time presents the broadest coverage of this subject yet;
32 specially commissioned articles - written by an international
line-up of experts - span the history of the philosophy of time,
contemporary philosophical issues in the nature and reality of time,
and contemporary philosophical issues in the experience and perception
of time.

The Companion takes a tripartite approach in its structure; the first
section features essays on the development of the philosophy of time
from the pre-Socratic period through the 20th century, and comprises a
unique collection of essays devoted to the history of the philosophy
of time. The second and third sections are divided into reflections on
the physics and metaphysics of time, and the human experience of time.
Throughout the Companion, essays reflect the close partnership between
philosophy and the natural sciences in the study of time. The
resulting work provides an unparalleled work of reference for students
and specialists alike in this exciting field.

PART I: The History of the Philosophy of Time

1. Heraclitus and Parmenides
Ronald Hoy

2. Zeno’s Paradoxes
Niko Strobach

3. Aristotle on Time and Change
Andrea Falcon

4. Determinism, Fatalism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy
Ricardo Salles

5. Creation and Eternity in Medieval Philosophy
Jon McGinnis

6. Newton’s Philosophy of Time
Eric Schliesser

7. Classical Empiricism
Lorne Falkenstein

8. Kant and Time-Order Idealism
Andrew Brook

9. Husserl and the Phenomenology of Temporality
Shaun Gallagher

10. The Emergence of a New Family of Theories of Time
John Bigelow

11. The B-Theory in the 20th century
Josh Mozersky

PART II: Time as a Feature of the Physical World

12. Time in Classical and Relativistic Physics
Gordon Belot

13. Time in Cosmology
Chris Smeenk

14. On Time in Quantum Physics
Jeremy Butterfield

15. Time in Quantum Gravity
Nick Huggett, Tiziana Vistarini, and Chris Wüthrich

16. The Arrow of Time in Physics
David Wallace

17. Time and Causation
Mathias Frisch

18. Time Travel and Time Machines
Douglas Kutach,

19. The Passage of Time
Simon Prosser

20. Time and Tense
Heather Dyke

21. Presentism, Eternalism, and the Growing Block
Kristie Miller

22. Change and Identity over Time
Dana Lynne Goswick

PART III: Time as a Feature of Human Experience

23. The Perception of Time
Barry Dainton

24. Transcendental Arguments and Temporal Experience
Georges Dicker

25. Memory
Jorge Fernandez

26. Time in Mind
Julian Kiverstein and Valtteri Arstila

27. The Representation of Time in Agency
Holly Andersen

28. Temporal Indexicals
John Perry

29. Time – The Emotional Asymmetry
Caspar Hare

30. Evolutionary Explanations of Temporal Experience
Heather Dyke and James Maclaurin

31.Time and Freedom
Robin Le Poidevin

32. Time and Morality
Krister Bykvist

Dear Members,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (200 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Eastern APA December 27-30, 2013, in Baltimore, MD. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by May 1.

Email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are very welcome.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Tallant
President of the Philosophy of Time Society

Dear Members,

Further to the email that I sent out a little while back: just to remind people that The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Pacific APA, March 27-31st, 2013, in San Francisco. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by August 12th.

Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

Email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Sincerely,

Jonathan Tallant
President of the Philosophy of Time Society

Dear Members,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Pacific APA, March 27-31st, 2013, in San Francisco. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by August 12th.

Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

Email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Sincerely,

Jonathan Tallant
President of the Philosophy of Time Society

On the Relativity argument against Presentism

I'm confused.

Suppose there is a rocketship orbiting a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. It's orbit is such that I am successively in the ship's future, present, past, present, future, ... due to relativistic effects. An astronaut in the rocketship concludes I inhabit a blockworld. But this conclusion seems independent of one's present experience and therefore irrelevant to the presentist.

has this been solved in the literature?

Thanks 

I'm delighted to announce that Ulrich Meyer (Colgate) has been elected as the new Vice President of the Philosophy of Time Society. Many thanks to all those members who took part in the election a little while back and congratulations to Professor Meyer.

The Ordinal Objection (to tense)

Hey All,

This is my first post, I don't wish you to be gentle. But I'm nervous nontheless. 

I've come up with a little argument against the tensed theory of time and I was hoping I could get some comments and critizisms of it. I call it `The Ordinal Objection' but it might be more informatively called `The inaccessible times objection'. If anyone has seen similar arguments in the literature I'd appreciate a nudge in that direction. I've attached it rather than copying and pasting. It's brief, but I thank you for your time all the same.

Love,

Tristan   Download Ordinal Objection

Hello Everyone. I've been asked to post the following as it may be of interest to some of our readers. You can find the same text, here: http://philocosmology.rutgers.edu/what-we-do/postdoctoral-fellowships

Best wishses,
Jonathan

The School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University is pleased to announce the availability pending funding (to be determined soon) of three postdoctoral fellowships in philosophy of cosmology. Fellows will be appointed in the Department of Philosophy in association with the multi-university Project in Philosophy of Cosmology. We hope to appoint one fellow in each of the following areas of concentration: 1) philosophy of physics, 2) cosmology, 3) philosophy of religion, metaphysics or philosophical theology. For more information about the kinds of research that could be supported under these fellowships, please see the summaries of current project members’ research interests and aims here:
http://philocosmology.rutgers.edu/who-we-are .

Requirements for the fellowship include i) PhD in the last 5 years in a relevant area, ii) acquaintance with recent developments in cosmology and issues in philosophy of cosmology, iii) a research project related to the research of the Philosophy of Cosmology Project, iv) strong background in one of the three fields mentioned above.

The primary responsibility of a Fellow will be to conduct research on his/her project. Fellows will also be responsible for teaching one course per year in their area of expertise. Fellows will be expected to participate in all of our conferences, seminars, and a summer school in the summer of 2013; they will work with faculty mentors in the organization, planning, editing and the other aspects of our project.

Fellows will be appointed for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year. Appointments will be effective September 1, 2012 or January 1, 2013. Fellows will receive a stipend of $50,000 annually as well as an annual research allocation of $2,000; they will also receive Rutgers University health benefits.

Requests for more informantion or applications, consisting of a CV, a research proposal, a writing sample, and the names of 3 references should be sent by email to Professor Barry Loewer at loewer@rci.rutgers.edu. Review of applications will commence on July 8 and continue until the positions are filled.

Rutgers University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The institution values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and especially encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities.

Dear Members,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Central APA, February 20-23, 2013, in New Orleans. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by July 1st.

Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

On a further matter: we're currently looking for a new Vice President of the Society. We already have one expression of interest. Any other interested parties are advised to contact me before June 8th. We will hold an email election at that point, if more than one candidate decides to run for the post. I'm happy to describe the details of the role more fully, via email.

Email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Sincerely,

Jonathan Tallant
President of the Philosophy of Time Society

Hello Everyone,

Just to let you all know that the 2010/11 issue of Chronos has been sent out via email. If you've not received one, or if you require a hard-copy, please drop me an email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

What's the best thing in the philosophy of time since the A-series/B-series distinction?

What's the best thing in the philosophy of time since the A-series/B-series distinction?

Apologies, everyone. We've seen a very large up-surge in spam on this blog over the last few days, so I've had to up the security settings a little bit. You will now--I think--be asked to answer a simple verification question in order to post.

Dear Members,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Eastern APA, December 27-30, 2012, in Atlanta. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by May 1. Email: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Tallant
President of the Philosophy of Time Society

Just released:
 
The Future of the Philosophy of Time (Routledge, 2012), edited by Adrian Bardon

http://www.amazon.com/Future-Philosophy-Routledge-Studies-Metaphysics/dp/0415891108/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320248763&sr=1-1

Featuring new essays by L. Nathan Oaklander, Michael Tooley, Ulrich Meyer, Jenann Ismael, Tim Maudlin, L. A. Paul, Barry Dainton, Heather Dyke, Yuval Dolev, and Craig Callender.

In 1916 Einstein published an argument to show that the relativity of simultaneity [RS] could be deduced without knowing more about special relativity [STR] than the constancy and invariance of the velocity of light. (Relativity: The Special and the General Theory. 1st English tr. 1920, pp. 27-29.) I believe the argument can be improved.

The idea is that a moving train is hit by lightning at both ends. An observer on an embankment is at the mid-point of the train at the instant of the simultaneous lightning strikes. Hence this observer sees the flashes of lightning simultaneously. A passenger in the train is sitting at its mid-point. Because the train is moving forward, the passenger sees the front strike before the rear strike, but this is in the frame of the embankment. Einstein claimed that for the same reason, the passenger in the train would also see the front flash first, thus illustrating the relativity of simultaneity. The logic of this seems unclear. Without a transformation formula, we have no way of knowing what the time coordinates in the moving frame are.

One can argue like this: Either the times of seeing the two strikes are the same in the passenger’s frame or they are not. If the strikes appear simultaneous, this is RS for the events of seeing the flashes. If the strikes appear non-simultaneous, the strikes happen at different times in the passenger’s frame, because the flashes travel equal distances to the observer and at the same speed. This is RS for the events of the two strikes.

String theorist Lubos Motl makes claims about time in "Ten new things modern physics has learned about time". (1) is "Time is just another, imaginary dimension of space" and (2) is ""eternalism vs presentism" debates: they're just battles about what terminology should be used." I think most philosophers of time would take these as wrong. Perhaps we need more philosophy/physics communication.

Ref: http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/09/ten-new-things-modern-physics-has.html

At risk of shameless self-promotion, here's a video I recorded with Brady Haran at the University of Nottingham. It's an 'intro to phil time' piece.

Lee Smolin of the Perimeter Institute has a great seminar on time at

http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca/Flash/9218e873-97d5-42ba-b1c7-70e498081c43/viewer.html

His basic idea is that we cannot neglect the successions of NOWs if we try to study the universe as a whole.

http://streamer.perimeterinstitute.ca/Flash/9218e873-97d5-42ba-b1c7-70e498081c43/viewer.html

I've written a number of articles on the nature of time and the nature of mind. I invite PTS members to read my articles:

http://time-mind.net/intro.html

Time Travel Without Paradox

Part I

Time, "Happenings," and Quantum Reality:

A subjective event is an event that exists inside the mind. An objective event is an event that exists outside the mind (i.e., an event that exists independently of the mind).

The word "happen" implies a passage of time. In order for an event to "happen," time has to pass.

Let us suppose that E1 is an objective event. In order for E1 to "happen," an objectively flowing time must exist.

If an objectively flowing time does not exist, nothing can "happen" objectively (i.e., nothing can "happen" outside the mind).

***

What is the nature of quantum reality (i.e., "QR")? Does anything "happen" in this reality?

In QR:

- Subjective events (e.g., conscious observations) "happen."(1)
- Objective events (i.e., superspace events) do not "happen."(2)(3)

Notes for Part I:

1. Subjective events "happen" in quantum reality (QR) because consciousness flows.

2. Objective events do not "happen" in QR because superspace is static.

3. The physical quantum world is an abstract world of possibilities (potentialities). Nothing actually "happens" in this world. (See: Nick Herbert, *Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics* (New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985), 27.)

***

Part II

Time Travel:

Let us suppose that Ann is a time traveler who lives in the universe "U1." In order for a paradox to arise when Ann travels backward in time, statements S1 and S2 below must both be true. Note however: These statements are both false. Since S1 and S2 are false, we must conclude the following: When Ann travels backward in time, a paradox does not arise.(1)

Statement S1: "Objective events 'happen' in U1."(2)
Statement S2: "An objective event exists in U1 that both 'happens' and does not 'happen'."(3)(4)

***

A "subjective happening" is a "subjective experience that happens inside an individual mind." An "objective happening" is an "objective event that happens outside the mind." Ann's experience of traveling backward in time is a "subjective happening" (not an "objective happening").

***

Grandfather Paradox:

The events that create the grandfather paradox (i.e., "GP") are objective, physical events that "happen" outside the mind. In U1, objective, physical events do not "happen." Therefore, in that universe, the events that create GP do not "happen."

***

If the events that create GP do not "happen," GP does not arise. In U1, the events that create GP do not "happen." Therefore, in that universe, GP does not arise.(5)

Notes for Part II:

1. S1 and S2 are always false. Since these statements are always false, we conclude the following: In U1, backward time travel never gives rise to paradox.

2. If an objectively flowing time does not exist, objective events do not "happen." In U1, an objectively flowing time does not exist. Therefore, in that universe, objective events do not "happen."

3. Statement S2 presumes that objective events "happen" in the universe U1. Note however: Objective events do not "happen" in U1. Statement S2 is therefore false.

4. In order for statement S2 to be true, S1 must be true. Since S1 is not true, S2 is not true.

5. We must not confuse the "grandfather paradox" (i.e., "GP") with the "*concept* of the grandfather paradox" (i.e., "CGP"). GP is a scenario that arises outside the mind. CGP is a thought that resides within the mind.

***

http://time-mind.net/intro.html

http://time-mind.net/set_model.html

http://deoxy.org/superspace.htm

Target Article 61

http://www.kjf.ca/61-TAAND.htm

http://www.KJF.ca

Adhanom Andemicael
andemicaela@yahoo.com

Professor Nathan Oaklander has recently given a lecture on Cosmological and Conscious Time. This can be viewed, here:

Dear Members of the Philosophy of Time Society,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, which will take place at the Westin Seattle from April 4-8, 2012, Seattle WA. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me (in capacity as Vice President of the PTS), by September 30. My email address is: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Please also state if you wish whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator.

If you know of colleagues who might be interested in this announcement, please feel free to forward this email.

It's possible to make sense of "1 second per second".

This just means a clock-hand shows a difference of 1 second, through '1 second' of qualitative/absolute temporal flow. They are two different things. Thus, it makes sense to say, of a second clock, that it evolves at 1/2 second per second, if its relatively moving or in a gravitational gradient. It is *also* possible to say the second clock evolves at 1/2 second per second and mean you're only comparing the moving clock's hand positions with a local stationary clock's hand positions. That's all relativity does.

But in the previous sense, of things evolving in qualitative/absolute temporal flow, the local stationary clock evolves at a rate of 1 second per qualitative second, or q-second. The moving clock, similarly, evolves at a rate of 1 second per *its* q-second. Its q-seconds are not ontologically comparable to the local stationary q-seconds. The qualitative/absolute time is ontologically ineffable, as argued for previously. The ontologically "effable" part of time is given by the relativistic correlations. There is no fact of the matter, or ontologically possible comparison, between different q-seconds.

I would like to start a collaboration to investigate the idea that part of time is ontologically ineffable (incommunicable). For example, suppose I communicate to you a mathematical theory of time, e.g. time is like the real line. You can always counter: that's not a full theory of time, because math objects are timeless/static: you can always imagine a point moving along the real line that selects "the moment" that really exists. But a mathematical model can never account for this behavior, no matter how smart we are. So I'm thinking this may be an ontological phenomenon and not merely epistemological.

If so, this seems to lead to a new interpretation of quantum mechanics: to the extent objects are ontologically distinct, they evolve independently on distinct timelines. In a universe where all information is embodied information, this would lead to (relative) superpositions, since there is no "single time" when everything has a classical state.

I've started some ideas at http://reflectionssonntimee.blogspot.com/

CFP

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, which will take place at the Marriott Wardman Park, in Washington, DC, from December 27-30, 2011.  Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to the Vice President of the Society, Jonathan Tallant, by the 1st of May. jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Please also state if you wish whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator.

If you know of colleagues who might be interested in this announcement, please feel free to forward this message.

Although the mathematics of relativity is correct, I am provoked by the interpretation that it rules out 'time flow' and that present events are specified by simultaneity (a spacelike hypersurface will do). My paper "A theistic model of physical temporality" - giving both time flow and a relativistic present - has appeared in Analecta Husserliana, 2011, Vol. 107, Part 5, 289-295 (published November 2010). There are links to the final version (on SpringerLink) and to a freely available much longer form presented at the conference on Astronomy and Civilisation, Budapest, August 2009, at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stone-catend/time.htm .

I'm happy to announce a new book in the philosophy of time. 'Presentism: Essential Readings', edited by Ernâni Magalhães and L. Nathan Oaklander, is now available through Lexington Books. For more details please check the publisher's website.

http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739145002

2009-10 Chronos

Dear All,

The 2009-10 copy of Chronos has now been emailed out. If you have not received it, but think that you should have, please drop me a line: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk

Call for papers

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to the philosophy of time for its group meeting at the Central Division meetings of the American Philosophical Association meetings March 30-April 2, 2011, Hilton Minneapolis Hotel, Minneapolis, MN.   Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to the President of the Society, Professor L. Nathan Oaklander, at  lno@umflint.edu  by August 15.   Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator; volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

 

In addition, we extend an invitation once again for submissions of abstracts for the Eastern Division PTS group meeting December 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA - Marriott/Westin-Copley Connection.  The deadline for submissions for this meeting is May 1, and again submitted to the President by attachment to lno@umflint.edu .

 

If you know colleagues who might be interested in this announcement, please feel free to forward this email.

Philosophy of time seminar

Follow this link to see photos from our seminar this weekend:

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/106587092335138408256/TimeSeminar?feat=directlink

Chronos

Dear Members,

I've emailed out the 2008/09 copy of Chronos, today, using our must up-do-date list of email addresses. If you have not received a copy, and think that you should have, please drop me a line: jonathan.tallant@nottingham.ac.uk.

Best wishes,

Jonathan

Minkowski Spatiotemporal Distance

I think I get some things in the special theory of relativity (STR) and in the Minkowski representation thereof. I think I get that there is no two-term earlier-than relation: 'X is earlier than Y' is just not well-formed in the theory. It only makes sense to suppose X is earlier than Y in frame of reference F. Now, the Minkowski representation of STR replaces spatial and temporal relations with a more basic spacetime relation. My question: suppose we take two 'events', E1 and E2, in the Minkowski representation, each occupying just one point. (These are not extended events or wordlines, but instantaneous elements.) Is the question what is the spacetime distance between E1 and E2 well formed? Is there a basic spacetime distance relation that is either frame invariant or frame independent in the Minkowski representation?

---Ernani

Physics constructed from a temporal successor relation

The philosophy of time is apt to be affected by the analytic treatment of time in the formal developments of physics.  I've come to some remarkable encouragement in my attempt to formulate physics entirely in terms of time sequence alone.  My background is in philosophy of science with Grover Maxwell, many years ago.  We shared an understanding of Russell's solution to the mind-body problem.  In 2002-03, I wrote a "belated thesis" for Grover, who is deceased.  It is basically a study of Russell and Whitehead's eventism, titled "The Mind-Body Problem and Its Solution."  In the course of writing, I used simple arrow diagrams to depict what Russell calls "causal structure" and Whitehead calls "temporal succession."  I noticed that what may be called "relative frequency ratios" are formed in such time diagrams.  These may serve physics as relative energy ratios in accord with Planck's E=hf.  This constitutes a structural definition of mass-energy in terms of time sequence alone.  Encouraged by this, I proceeded with more arrow diagram constructions, arriving at a simple 4-D time lattice to replace "space-time."  That in turn led me to the structure of neutrinos and electrons, and the definition of charge quanta.  I extracted the formal material for a separate booklet titled "A Theory of Everything for Physics."  I've been calling the theory "finite eventism."  I have an article with that title, in a book edited by David Skrbina, which was just published.

Please search the phrase "finite eventism" for links to my posted writings on the theory, and to the Amazon web pages for my two self-published books.

-- Carey R. Carlson (guest member)

Call for Abstracts -- Eastern APA 2009

Dear Members,

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the Eastern APA, December 27-30, 2009, in New York City. Abstracts should be sent by email attachment to me by May 1. Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator. Volunteers willing to chair or comment but not planning to submit are also welcome.

Sincerely,

Ernani Magalhaes
Secretary, Philosophy of Time Society

Announcement

Dear all,

My paper "Temporal Passage" was posted in the Karl Jaspers Forum (KJF) on
the 8th of July, 2003 as "Target Article 61." The forum's website address
is:

http://www.KJF.ca
http://www.kjf.ca/61-TAAND.htm

The paper can also be accessed at my website:

http://home.att.net/~Andemicael/intro.html

Please read the article. And if you have any comments, please feel free to
post them at the KJF site.

Best regards,

Adhanom Andemicael
Andemicael@att.net

Call for papers: Pacific APA

The Philosophy of Time Society requests submissions of high-quality abstracts (150 words) on any topic relating to time for its group meeting at the 2009 Pacific APA, April 8-12, in Vancouver. Abstracts should be sent to L. Nathan Oaklander at lno@umflint.edu by September 30. Please also advise whether you would be willing to serve as chair or commentator.

Merleau-Ponty conference announcement

Ryerson University is hosting the upcoming 33rd annual conference of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle:

"Time, Memory, and the Self: Remembering Merleau-Ponty at 100"

Ryerson University, September 18-20

See the conference website for details.

New Anthology: The Philosophy of Time

Routledge has just released a four-volume anthology on the philosophy of time, edited by L. Nathan Oaklander. See attached PDF for information. Download philosophy_time_std.pdf