Presentism and Consciousness

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 81 (3):305-323 (2003)
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The presentist view of time is psychologically appealing. I argue that, ironically, contingent facts about the temporal properties of consciousness are very difficult to square with presentism unless some form of mind/body dualism is embraced.

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Neil McKinnon
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