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Time: The Big Squeeze

Peter Cave barely avoids being crushed into a singularity. Phew!

Can anything exist in time? “A philosophers’ typical worry!” laugh those sceptical of enterprises philosophique: “Musing upon such matters, no doubt, passes the time, but” – and here comes Samuel Beckett – “time would have passed anyway.” Time passing, though, involves future events becoming present and then past. That makes trouble, at least when philosophising.

Squeezed Into Nothing

We rely on both past and future. We plan for the wedding, perhaps the divorce later on – or simply look forward to the champagne.

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