Broadcast Live from Nottingham Contemporary , 2 December 2014

The Philosophy of Time

How do we understand the present, past and future as the passage of time constantly destroys and creates new states of affairs? Do objects exist only in the present?

Dr Jonathan Tallant, Head of the Department of Philosophy University of Nottingham, provides an introduction to the philosophy of time including theories of presentism and ‘the truth maker’ reflecting both Polska and Hefti’s differing treatment of time.