Life in Four Dimensions A Defence of the Block Universe Theory

Kristie Miller, Challis Professor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney

Kristie Miller is Challis Professor of Philosophy and the Joint Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Time at the University of Sydney. She works in metaphysics, particularly on the nature of time, temporal experience, time biases, and personal identity. She is known for defending the block theory of time against its competitors views. Her recent work includes empirical investigation of the ways that people experience and think about time, the structure of their temporal preferences and their normative judgements about those preferences. Her latest grant focusses on mental time travel in non-human animals, and will involve empirical work with chimpanzees.

1. The Block Universe2. The Experiential IBE Argument3. A Defence of Deflationism4. Non-deflationist Explanations of Our Reported Temporal Seemings5. Our Temporal Concepts6. Tensed Attitudes and Future-Biased Preferences7. Our Temporal Beliefs8. Our World Is a Block#REF!