Experimental philosophy on time. Issue 11 (28th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Norton, James
• Is Part Of: Philosophy compass. Volume 16:Issue 11(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-09-28
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; 100
• DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12779
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-9991

Abstract

Abstract: Appeals to the 'common sense', or 'naïve', or 'folk' concept of time, and the purported phenomenology as of time passing, play a substantial role in philosophical theorising about time. When making these appeals, philosophers have been content to draw upon their own assumptions about how non‐philosophers think about time. This paper reviews a series of recent experiments bringing these assumptions into question. The results suggest that the way non‐philosophers think about time is far less metaphysically demanding than philosophers have assumed.