The concept of boundary only makes sense in a continuum. It makes no sense for elements of a discrete set. If time is discrete there is no continuum, so the concept of boundary is meaningless.when you analyze this proposition there is nothing to make the boundaries between one frame and the next. — Metaphysician Undercover
The concept of boundary only makes sense in a continuum. It makes no sense for elements of a discrete set. If time is discrete there is no continuum, so the concept of boundary is meaningless. — andrewk
What could be meant by the boundary between my mind and your mind? — andrewk
Jorn, what is your opinion of Shoemaker's claim that time without change is possible? — andrewk
I thought we both agreed that you can experience change without experiencing time. Change is change. Time is a measurement of change. You can experience change, but how much time has passed? As I said, you can get lost in your thoughts. Your thoughts change from one moment to another but you don't know how much time has passed until you look at the clock to measure how much time you have been lost in your thoughts.Experiencing change is experiencing time - that's what it means to experience time. That's why I said earlier that change is analytic to time - you can't separate the two. — Sam26
Time is a measurement of change. — Harry Hindu
Two events separated by space, but occurring a the same time. Is that different to two events separated by time, but occurring in the same place? — Banno
But it isn't; they are truth functional equivalent; this is just your failure to understand relativistics — Banno
SO where will you go with this - do you agree with McTaggert's argument that time is not real? If so - well, I will answer that later. — Banno
if the two events could be causally connected (i.e. the time between event A and event B is greater than the distance between them divided by the speed of light), the order is preserved (i.e., "event A precedes event B") in all frames of reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_of_simultaneity#Explanation
What does the "is" mean then, if not that it exists in the present tense? Either something is, was, or will exist so in what other way is the block universe said to "exist"? — Alec
We have (possibly confusing) double-temporalpropositionpropositions like “it is true now, that it rained the other day”.
I'm thinking it just means that our language can be confusing. We're not accustomed to tense-less chat. — jorndoe
So, the block universe = what was, what is, and what may yet come to be. — jorndoe
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