This is the first in a series of philosophy Fridays on the topic of time. We're starting by looking at what time is and learning about the A and B theories. (I'm hoping to save the neuroscience, subjective experience, and topics like time travel and time dilation for later meetings.) We're going to watch videos and read articles for this meeting.​
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I've listed these in my suggested order of reading, but there is a good bit of overlap between the materials.
 

• What is time?

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson  (2:28 min)  watch

  • Astronomer: online    pdf

  • Science.com: online    pdf

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• A and B Theories of Time

  • Did The Future Already Happen? (12:34 min)   watch

  • ​​​The Big Think (12:53 min)   watch​

  • ​The mind-bending physics of time | Sean Carroll (7:46 min)   watch​

  • ​​When Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson rowed about time   pdf

  • ​What if time stopped: A and B theories (9:46 min)   watch