Switch to: References

Citations of:

Action at a distance

Robin Le Poidevin

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 61:21-36 (2007)

Add citations

You must login to add citations.

Straight to the point: Experiential punctivism and the perception of time.Henry Pollock - 2022 - Analysis 81 (4):674-683.details The aim of this paper is to show that the A-theorist's argument from experience is undermined by a commitment to ‘experiential punctivism' - the view that instantaneous (or near-instantaneous) experiences are metaphysically prior to durative ones. The experiences to which the A-theorist's argument appeals are those of processual events. For these experiences to constitute perceptions of temporal passage it would be necessary to perceive such processes qua processes; but, if experiential punctivism were true, this would be impossible. We could only (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Crane and the mark of the mental.Andrea Raimondi - 2022 - Analysis 81 (4):683-693.details Brentano’s suggestion that intentionality is the mark of the mental is typically spelled out in terms of the thesis that all and only mental states are intentional. An influential objection is that intentionality is not necessary for mentality. What about the idea that only mental states are intentional? In his 2008 paper published in Analysis, Nes shows that on a popular characterization of intentionality, notably defended by Crane, some non-mental states come out as intentional. Crane replies that the concept of (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
Action at a temporal distance in the best systems account.Phil Dowe - 2019 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 9 (3):1-11.details Drawing on Earman’s definition of determinism and Lewis’ best systems account of laws, in What Makes Time Special? Craig Callender develops an account of time as ‘the strongest thing’. The characterisation of this account apparently assumes no action at a temporal distance, an assumption that also underlies Earman’s account of determinism. In this paper I show that there is a way to define determinism that allows worlds with action at a temporal distance to count as deterministic, that action at a (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

1