The images of time : an essay on temporal representation
Le Poidevin brings together issues in philosophy, psychology, aesthetics, and literary theory in examining the mechanisms underlying our representation of time in various media, and brings these to bear on metaphysical debates over the real nature of time. These debates concern which aspects of time are genuinely part of time's intrinsic nature, and which, in some sense, are mind-dependent. Arguably, the most important debate concerns time's passage: does time pass in reality, or is the division of events into past, present, and future simply a reflection of our temporal perspective--a result of the interaction between a "static" world and minds capable of representing it? Le Poidevin argues that, contrary to what perception and memory lead us to suppose, time does not really pass, and this surprising conclusion can be reconciled with the characteristic features of temporal experience
xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780199265893, 9780199575510, 0199265895, 0199575517
137312960
The project
Causal theories of representation
Egocentric and objective representation
Retracing the past : memory and passage
Projecting the present : the shock of the now
The wider view : precedence and duration
Image and instant : the pictorial representation of time
The fictional future
The unity of time and narrative