Presentism (philosophy of time)

The presenteeism (English presentism, derived from the time stage presence, from Latin praesens, currently ) is a thesis within the philosophical discipline of ontology, so that part of theoretical philosophy, which describes the general structures of reality, and within the ontology of philosophy of time. A Präsentist argues that only present objects and events exist. Past and the future is of no real existence. The Präsentist must therefore explain how talk of past and future can be useful, without referring directly to existing objects. Typically explains it states that it is only references to imaginary objects, or about recalled or scheduled events. Regarding the current representatives of presenteeism include, among others Craig Bourne, Ned Markosian and Quentin Smith.

A counter-thesis is the so-called possibilism (also past really exists ) and the thesis of a block universe (all events exist in a four-dimensional space-time absolute and relations of earlier and later only subjective perspectives are owed ​​).