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Tallis in Wonderland

Time, Reciprocal Containment, & The Ouroboros

Raymond Tallis tries to fit everything in, in time.

One of the privileges of having a regular column is the joy of sharing my current philosophical preoccupations with, and testing my ideas against, the excellent readership of Philosophy Now. In Issue 121’s Letters, there was a thought-provoking critique of something I had said during the course of the interview Grant Bartley had with me in Issue 120 on my new tome on time, Of Time and Lamentation: Reflections on Transience. The letter – ‘Change Now!’ by Peter Jones – raised questions not only about time but also about the nature of philosophy, and indeed of knowledge.

Time Before Mind

The Ouroboros: The snake of time swallowing its own tail.

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