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Killing Time

Cliff Stagoll on the strange case of John McTaggart, who didn’t believe in time.

Philosophy regularly produces odd claims about, and peculiar visions of, the underlying nature of reality. One of the most curious instances from this century is the assertion by John M.E. McTaggart that “time is unreal.” His claim is so audacious and the supporting arguments so idiosyncratic that, despite the attention of some very fine philosophers (A.

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