Is the Past Real?

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[Serious] Is the Past Real?

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RE: Is the Past Real?

October 26, 2022 at 12:15 pm

(October 26, 2022 at 8:46 am)polymath257 Wrote:
(October 25, 2022 at 8:11 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: On a personal note, I made a promise to my father that can only be fulfilled after he passes. And while I fully intend to honor that promise am I in truth so obligated?

That solely depends on your value system. You choose your value system and then figure out what you are obligated to do.

And presumably what one considers real has bearing on one's value system. Not even remotely suggesting that I have any answers. Nevertheless, it seems to me that the ontological status of the past and/or future somehow matters.

<insert profound quote here>

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