Abstract

The idea that the present moment is in some sense experientially privileged has been used in various arguments from presentness in favour of the existence of an objective present. Roughly speaking, in the literature we find two different approaches. Either by having an experience of something present we are aware of it as present (perceptual presentness), or by having an experience located in the present we are aware of our experience as present (locational presentness). While the various ways of understanding presentness can be used to formulate different arguments in favour of the existence of an objective present, none of them is ultimately tenable. Eventually, our conclusions will suggest that eliminativism is the best attitude towards presentness.

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Title
The Ways of Presentness
Author
Torrengo, Giuliano 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cassaghi, Daniele 2 

1  University of Milan, Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, Milan, Italy (GRID:grid.4708.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 2822); Autonomous University of Barcelona, Department of Philosophy, Bellaterra, Spain (GRID:grid.7080.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2296 0625) 
2  University of Milan, Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti”, Milan, Italy (GRID:grid.4708.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 2822) 
Pages
2787-2805
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Oct 2023
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
01650106
e-ISSN
15728420
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-021-00477-8
ProQuest document ID
2854679214
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.