C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction

Naoyuki Kajimoto

doi:10.47297/wspjhcWSP2515-469904.20230702

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C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction

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C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction
C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction
Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
2023年7卷第2期页码：39-49
纸质出版日期： 2023-11-27 ，
DOI：10.47297/wspjhcWSP2515-469904.20230702
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(2023). C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction. 认知科学（英文版）, 7(2), 39-49.

Kajimoto Naoyuki.C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction[J].Journal of Human Cognition,2023,07(02):39-49.
(2023). C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction. 认知科学（英文版）, 7(2), 39-49. DOI： 10.47297/wspjhcWSP2515-469904.20230702.

Kajimoto Naoyuki.C-Theory of Time: Possibility of Time Without Direction[J].Journal of Human Cognition,2023,07(02):39-49. DOI： 10.47297/wspjhcWSP2515-469904.20230702.

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Abstract

In philosophy of time

there are two major positions: A-theory and B-theory. Although they disagree concerning various issues

both assume that time must have objective direction. Recently some philosophers such as Price (1996) and Farr (2020) challenge this assumption and propose C-theory

according to which there is no objective temporal direction. The aim of this talk is to explain and motivate C-theory. First

I explain what C-theory is by clarifying the difference between B-theory and C-theory and what it means for time to have a direction. Second

I motivate C-theory by presenting some arguments against B-theory.

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Keywords

Direction of TimeMcTaggartB-theoryEntropic Theory of Time

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