(December 5, 2013 at 10:18 am)Rational AKD Wrote:(December 5, 2013 at 10:11 am)pocaracas Wrote: Didn't watch the vids....
but... wasn't WLC a "professional (apologist) philosopher"? How can he say anything about time, which is in the realm of Physics, something philosophers tend to be a bit out of touch with?
the actual state that time exists is the realm of physics. ideas of what time is (a theory and b theory of time) is the realm of philosophy. FYI, he confronts both theories of time. also, regardless of what science says about time, philosophy can impose a specific definition on what time is and explore the possibilities of timeless existence. no matter what definition of time science chooses to adopt, I guarantee philosophy has already created it.
That translates to: mental masturbations about what time is abound... eventually, physics will be able to accurately explain time and we'll realize that one of those countless masturbations was correct.
Excuse while I'm not impressed...
