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Towards a dialethic theory of time-consciousness.
- Source :
- Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences; Feb2022, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p137-159, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- There is an eminent tradition of thought that sees in the phenomenon of time something contradictory. This tradition has been recently revived by some contemporary proponents of dialethism – the view that there are true contradictions. In this paper, I will contribute to this line of thinking by tracing the first steps of a dialethic account of time-consciousness. In particular, I will argue that the experiential flow of time can be accounted for in the framework of an intentionalist approach to temporal perception if we conceive of time-consciousness as a quasi-multiplicity, i.e., a multiplicity of non-self-identical parts, hence the embrace of dialethism. Section 1 introduces dialethism, discusses Priest's dialethic theory of motion and time, and motivates the project of a dialethic account of time-consciousness. Section 2 introduces the intentionalist approach to time-consciousness and distinguishes pure intentionalism from sense-data intentionalism; both subscribes to a certain Principle of Simultaneous Awareness but interprets it differently. In Sect. 3, I offer an in-depth analysis of this principle and identify its core as the requirement of self-unification, i.e., the requirement that time-consciousness unifies itself in flowing without any higher-order act of unification. Section 4 then argues that pure intentionalism can satisfy this requirement by embracing dialethism. I conclude by noting how the dialethic account of time-consciousness incorporates a central extensionalist insight within an intentionalist outlook. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15687759
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Phenomenology & the Cognitive Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154818096
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-021-09787-2