This paper reviews some discussion on the ontology of time and investigates relevant issues of tense logic and temporal relations. It seems that most of modern tense theories are in B-theoretic terms of time, which are later/earlier than. Reichenbach’s tense theory clearly shows such characterization of tense, which is intuitive and influential, and it may be tied to our conception of time.
목차
1. Introduction 2. The Ontology of Time and Truth Conditions 3. Relational Definitions of Tense 3.1 Reichenbach (1947) 3.2 Klein’s (1994) topic time 3.3 The fourth times 4. Conclusion References
저자
Seong Eun Park [ Ewha Womans University, Post-doctoral Fellow ]