Single Idea 22904

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow]

Full Idea

The psychological arrow of time refers to the familiar fact that that we remember (and never anticipate) the past, and anticipate (but never remember) the future.

Gist of Idea

The psychological arrow of time is the direction from our memories to our anticipations

Source

Adrian Bardon (Brief History of the Philosophy of Time [2013], 5 'Psychological')

Book Reference

Bardon,Adrian: 'Brief History of the Philosophy of Time' [OUP 2013], p.113


A Reaction

Bardon rejects this on the grounds that the psychology is obviously the result of the actual order of events. Otherwise time's arrow would just result from the luck of how we individually experience things.