Are Manifolders correct about ontology of time?
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On my Manifold survey, I will include the following question:

Which ontology of time is correct?
Ontology of time describes your views on what exists, in the most unrestricted and absolute sense of the word.

  • Eternalism: Past, present, and future all exist.

  • Presentism: Only the present is real. The past and future do not exist.

  • Growing block: The past and presnt both exist, but not the future.

  • Other

  • Not sure

Will the majority of respondents (except the ones who say "Not sure") select the correct option (eternalism)?

See Plasma's Manifold Survey for other questions about the survey.

The survey is officially out! You can take it here: https://forms.gle/xZqWVxuY5irgLigu9

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mariopasquato avatar
mario pasquato

LOL eternalism is not the correct option :D. The fact that a successful theory implies an eternalist view does not prove anything: theories are abstraction from direct experience and direct experience happens in the present by definition

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