Elsewhere I have suggested that the B-theory includes a notion of passage, by virtue of
including succession. Here, I provide further support for that claim by showing that …

Ever since the publication of Clifford Williams' paper on “The Metaphysics of A-and B-
Time”(1996), there has been an ongoing debate about whether or not there is a genuine …

One of the more serious criticisms of the B-theory is that by denying the passage of time or
maintaining that passage is a mind-dependent illusion or appearance, the B-theory gives …

This work introduces a causal explanation of the passage of time, and contrasts it with rival
explanations. In the causal explanation, laws of physics are shown to entail that events are …

This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage
developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to …

This open access monograph offers a detailed study and a systematic defense of a key
intuition we typically have, as human beings, with respect to the nature of time: the intuition …

The aim of this paper is to argue that the adoption of an unrestricted principle of bivalence is
compatible with a metaphysics that (i) denies that the future is real,(ii) adopts nomological …

There is a feeling of dissatisfaction with the traditional way of defining the A-theories of time.
One reason is that these definitions rest on an ontological question—'Do the future and the …

Historical study has traditionally been built around the placement of the human at the center
of inquiry. The de-stabilized concepts of the human in contemporary thought challenge this …

The debate between A-and B-theories of time is often characterized as a contrast between a
dynamic and realist conception of time and a static and antirealist conception of time. In this …