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B-theory of time
I know that many physicists nowadays are inclined to buy the B-theory of time.Despite the fact that it undermines reason (therefore it also undermines science),what are the purely philosophical arguments that refute the theory?And if it's not refutable,how shall we interpret the Five Ways in the light of the B-theory?Could we make sense of act/potency distinction,essece/existence,and would God be the One that sustains everything in existence?
- John West
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Re: B-theory of time
Hi Mikael:
I touched on some of these issues earlier this week.
And if it's not refutable,how shall we interpret the Five Ways in the light of the B-theory?
Since causes in esse aren't temporally prior to their effects, pretty much the same as before. For example, as long as there are still potencies and causal relations, you can still argue that it's a necessary condition for there to be change that some potency be reduced to act. So, you can still defend the First Way.
The other four Ways remain the same.
- Seán Mac Críodáin
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Re: B-theory of time
Does not God's existence outside time, and God being the ground of all being, imply the B-theory is correct?
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