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Compact Seminar: Time to Think and Thoughts About Time

Tue, Oct 12

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Stumberg Hall

What is time? Is it a fourth dimension, or something altogether different? Does it have an intrinsic direction? Is time travel possible? How does time shape our lives and our conceptions of who we are?

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Compact Seminar: Time to Think and Thoughts About Time
Compact Seminar: Time to Think and Thoughts About Time

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Oct 12, 2021, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Stumberg Hall, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA

About The Event

What is time? Is it a fourth dimension, or something altogether different? Does it have an intrinsic direction? Is time travel possible? How does time shape our lives and our conceptions of who we are?

We’ll look at reflections on the nature of time from different points of view—philosophy, psychology, literature, and physics—by writers such as Augustine (), Boethius (), Borges (“The Garden of the Forking Paths” and “A New Refutation of Time”), McTaggart (“The Unreality of Time”), and others.ConfessionsThe Consolation of Philosophy

About Our Scholar:

Professor Bonevac works mainly in metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, semantics, and philosophical logic. His book  received the Johnsonian Prize from  The author of five books and editor or co-editor of four others, Professor Bonevac's articles include “Against Conditional Obligation” (), "Sellars v. the Given" (), "Reflection Without Equilibrium," (), "Free Choice Permission Is Strong Permission" (, with Nicholas Asher), "The Conditional Fallacy," (, with Josh Dever and David Sosa), “The Counterexample Fallacy” (, also…

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