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Chapter 1: Introduction: Time in Philosophy and Psychology; Part I : The Concept of Time in Philosophy and Psychology; Chapter 2: The Concept of Time: A Philosophical and Logical Perspective; 2.1 Prior on Time and Reality; 2.2 McTaggart and Prior on Temporal Discourse; 2.3 Frazer's Ideas on Time and Reality; 2.4 Is Time Mind-Dependent?; 2.5 Treating Time in Terms of a Tense-Logic; 2.6 The Idea of Branching Time; 2.7 Prior's Rejection of the Ockhamistic View of Time; 2.8 Belnap's Open Future; 2.9 The Idea of "The Thin Red Line" in the Theory of Time; 2.10 Is Time Connected?
2.11 ConclusionReferences; Chapter 3: Our Concept of Time; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Folk Concept; 3.2.1 Motivation; 3.2.2 Resistance to Error; 3.3 Our Concept of Time; 3.3.1 A-Theoretic and B-Theoretic Analyses; 3.3.2 Conditional Analyses of Our Concept of Time; 3.3.3 Time Is a Functional Concept; 3.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Psychological Time; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Psychological Time; 4.3 Psychological Time and Objective Time ("T"); 4.4 Psychological Time as a Feeling; 4.5 Dimensions of Psychological Time and Its Origin; 4.6 Prospective and Retrospective Timing
4.7 Attending to Time4.8 Meaning, Temporal Relevance and Daily Temporal Experiences; 4.9 Temporal Illusions; 4.10 The Functions of Psychological Time; 4.11 Conclusions; References; Part II : Presence; Chapter 5: Relative and Absolute Temporal Presence; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Present Change and the Specious Present; 5.2.1 The Specious Present; 5.2.2 Problems of the Specious Present; 5.2.3 Brief Comment on Psychological and Physical Time; 5.3 Absolute/Relative Presence and Extension; 5.3.1 Absolute/Relative; 5.3.1.1 Relativity Is to an Index
5.3.1.2 Relativity Can Be Universal Without Being Absolute5.3.1.3 Relativity Is Neither Unreality nor Subjectivity; 5.3.1.4 Some Relative Properties May Be Practically and Commonly Treated as if They Are Absolute; 5.3.2 Presence; 5.3.3 Absolute and Relative Presence; 5.3.4 Extended Presence; 5.4 Temporal Presence in A-Theory and B-Theory; 5.4.1 Two Theories of Time; 5.4.1.1 A-Theory; 5.4.1.2 B-Theory; 5.4.2 Theories of Time and Temporal Presence; 5.4.2.1 A-Theory; 5.4.2.2 Presentism; 5.4.2.3 B-Theory; 5.4.3 Temporal Presence and Duration; 5.4.3.1 Relative Presence and Duration
5.4.3.2 Absolute Presence and Present Duration5.5 Temporal Presence and Perceptually Experienced Change; 5.5.1 Relative Temporal Presence and Perceptually Experienced Change; 5.5.2 Absolute Temporal Presence and the "Specious Present"; 5.6 Durational Presentism; 5.6.1 Non-A-Theory Presentism; 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Duration of Presence; 6.1 The Dual Aspect of Time Consciousness; 6.2 Discontinuous Processes in Perception; 6.3 The Experience of the Living Self: Mental Presence; 6.4 The Present Now: An Experienced Moment
2.11 ConclusionReferences; Chapter 3: Our Concept of Time; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Folk Concept; 3.2.1 Motivation; 3.2.2 Resistance to Error; 3.3 Our Concept of Time; 3.3.1 A-Theoretic and B-Theoretic Analyses; 3.3.2 Conditional Analyses of Our Concept of Time; 3.3.3 Time Is a Functional Concept; 3.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Psychological Time; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Psychological Time; 4.3 Psychological Time and Objective Time ("T"); 4.4 Psychological Time as a Feeling; 4.5 Dimensions of Psychological Time and Its Origin; 4.6 Prospective and Retrospective Timing
4.7 Attending to Time4.8 Meaning, Temporal Relevance and Daily Temporal Experiences; 4.9 Temporal Illusions; 4.10 The Functions of Psychological Time; 4.11 Conclusions; References; Part II : Presence; Chapter 5: Relative and Absolute Temporal Presence; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Present Change and the Specious Present; 5.2.1 The Specious Present; 5.2.2 Problems of the Specious Present; 5.2.3 Brief Comment on Psychological and Physical Time; 5.3 Absolute/Relative Presence and Extension; 5.3.1 Absolute/Relative; 5.3.1.1 Relativity Is to an Index
5.3.1.2 Relativity Can Be Universal Without Being Absolute5.3.1.3 Relativity Is Neither Unreality nor Subjectivity; 5.3.1.4 Some Relative Properties May Be Practically and Commonly Treated as if They Are Absolute; 5.3.2 Presence; 5.3.3 Absolute and Relative Presence; 5.3.4 Extended Presence; 5.4 Temporal Presence in A-Theory and B-Theory; 5.4.1 Two Theories of Time; 5.4.1.1 A-Theory; 5.4.1.2 B-Theory; 5.4.2 Theories of Time and Temporal Presence; 5.4.2.1 A-Theory; 5.4.2.2 Presentism; 5.4.2.3 B-Theory; 5.4.3 Temporal Presence and Duration; 5.4.3.1 Relative Presence and Duration
5.4.3.2 Absolute Presence and Present Duration5.5 Temporal Presence and Perceptually Experienced Change; 5.5.1 Relative Temporal Presence and Perceptually Experienced Change; 5.5.2 Absolute Temporal Presence and the "Specious Present"; 5.6 Durational Presentism; 5.6.1 Non-A-Theory Presentism; 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Duration of Presence; 6.1 The Dual Aspect of Time Consciousness; 6.2 Discontinuous Processes in Perception; 6.3 The Experience of the Living Self: Mental Presence; 6.4 The Present Now: An Experienced Moment