“What, then, is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain to him who asks, I know not.”
—Augustine
In this series, we will take a look at this most elusive of philosophical subjects: time. While time seems so obvious and we so clearly dwell in time, it remains hard to pin down just what exactly time is and where time resides. We will consider a few options, particularly exploring whether time is best understood as an essential feature of the physical universe and so best numerically measured or whether time is best understood as a reality of our mind. When we think of time, are we physicists or students of the soul? In both scenarios, we will explore this as the ultimate question: ‘What should we do with the time that we have?’
Facilitators for this series include Terence Sweeney (Collegium Institute’s Theologian-in-Residence), Eammon Hart (Doctoral Candidate in Drexel University’s Mathematics Department and Collegium Institute Graduate Fellow), and Nicholas Teh (Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame).
Dates: Wednesdays, April 7, 15, & 21
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Eastern Time
Readings & Videos:
April 7: Click here to access the readings for April 7. In addition to reading, participants should also watch this PBS Space Time YouTube video, “Do the Past and Future Exist?” before the April 7 discussion.
April 14: Click here to access the readings for April 14. Please also watch this PBS Space Time video, The Arrow of Time and How to Reverse It before the discussion. If you did not watch the video from last week, you may find it beneficial.
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