Temporal illusions - Philosophical considerations

  • Sean Enda Power

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Abstract

Does the status of certain temporal experiences as illusory depend on one's conception of time? Our concept of time in part determines our concept of what we hold to be real and unreal; what we hold to be real and unreal partially determines what we hold to be illusory; thus, our concept of time in part determines what we hold to be illusory. This paper argues that this dependency of illusions on the concept of time is applicable to illusions of time. Two possible temporal illusions given the evidence are examined, simultaneity and the experience of the past; it is argued that the evidence points at temporal illusions depending on which conception of time is true.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - COST TD0904 International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers
Pages11-35
Number of pages25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventCOST TD0904 International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception - Athens, Greece
Duration: 7 Oct 20108 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6789 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceCOST TD0904 International Workshop on Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period7/10/108/10/10

Keywords

  • experiencing the past
  • illusions
  • philosophy of time
  • simultaneity
  • temporal illusions
  • temporal order
  • theories of perception

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