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• W1977390003 abstract "I It is a commonplace in certain circles that the Special and General Theories of Relativity require us to regard time as being like space. Of course, expressions such as 'spacetime' and 'the fourth dimension' have become familiar to all. But quite apart from the casual use of these vague phrases, many scientists and philosophers have held explicitly that if Relativity is true, the nature of time must indeed be very similar to that of space. Unfortunately, equally explicit arguments for this conclusion are seldom given; at least, this writer has run across little of substance on the point. Perhaps the reasons seem too obvious to require mention. In any case they deserve a careful look, and it is the purpose of this paper to explore arguments that might be given to the effect that the Special Theory, in particular, requires 'space-like' time. A second thing that is generally not made clear is just what it means, or ought to mean, to say that time is like space. This is itself a very complex matter, which cannot be pursued in any depth here. It will have to suffice to mention one or two aspects that are essential to the notion of space-like time, as I see it-aspects without which time would have to be regarded as being radically different from space. In the ordinary concept of time, as this writer understands it, there is a big difference between a certain few of the events and states of affairs of history-the ones we call 'present'and all the others: the former exist-they are occurring, they are realwhereas the latter do not, merely having been real, or being yet to exist. For example, one difference between (say) the reader's studying of his first-grade reader and (say) his perusing of this paper is as fundamental a difference as one can imagine: the one event is real, it is occurring, and the other is not. In contrast to this common-sense view, it seems clear that under the concept of time as being like space there would be no existential difference among any of the events of history. They differ from one another in their temporal locations, they are temporally distant from one another by various amounts, but that is all. The events of one temporal location are no more real than those of another: the reader's perusing of this paper is occurring, World War II is occurring, World War III is (perhaps) occurs ring, and so on, all in the same sense of the word. It follows from this that" @default.
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