Hoerl, Christoph (2014) Time and the domain of consciousness. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1326 . pp. 90-96. doi:10.1111/nyas.12471 ISSN 0077-8923.

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Abstract

It is often thought that there is little that seems more obvious from experience than that time objectively passes, and that time is, in this respect, quite unlike space. Yet nothing in the physical picture of the world seems to correspond to the idea of such an objective passage of time. In this paper, I discuss some attempts to explain this apparent conflict between appearance and reality. I argue that existing attempts to explain the conflict as the result of a perceptual illusion fail, and that it is, in fact, the nature of memory, rather than perception, that explains why we are inclined to think of time as passing. I also offer a diagnosis as to why philosophers have sometimes been tempted to think that an objective passage of time seems to figure directly in perceptual experience, even though it does not.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Consciousness., Space and time
Journal or Publication Title:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0077-8923
Official Date:	13 October 2014
Dates:	Date Event 13 October 2014 Published 9 June 2014 Available 5 May 2014 Accepted
Volume:	1326
Page Range:	pp. 90-96
DOI:	10.1111/nyas.12471
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	30 March 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access:	30 March 2017

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