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Author: John Jones
Date: Dec 6, 2007 11:47

On Dec 6, 2:13�am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 3:01 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:
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>> Time is thought to exist whether we are conscious or not. That is,
>> time is supposed to exist by its own efforts. It pulls itself up by
>> its own bootstraps. Time for us is a thing in itself, it is as at the
>> very least as it seems to be. We have another thought: we think that
>> once time was kicked into play, time 'endured' absolutely and
>> accompanied all things. The existence of time seems beyond reasonable
>> doubt, indisputable. My position is that there is no species we call
>> time.
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>> But I have a difficulty. I cannot describe time as something which is
>> 'not existing absolutely', without constructing out of this something
>> an object that takes the place of time, an 'it' that goes proxy for
>> time. This something or 'it' which arises from the expression 'time ...
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Re: Time for bed         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Dec 6, 2007 22:44

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> 1,2,3,4,5, etc is not an order but a memorable array.

I can agree with that but would contend that an order is a conclusion
based upon inferences, one of which is a memorable array. That
combined with concepts of "succession." All theories of course.
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