Single Idea 22884

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / i. Time and motion]

Full Idea

Whether or not something is in motion should be a fact about that thing now, not a fact about the thing in its past or in its future.

Gist of Idea

The motion of a thing should be a fact in the present moment

Source

Adrian Bardon (Brief History of the Philosophy of Time [2013], 1 'Arrow')

Book Reference

Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.12


A Reaction

This is one of the present moment, in which nothing can occur if its magnitude is infinitely small. I have no solution to this problem.