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Direction could reverse OpposingArgument1 #114547 If the psychological arrow arises from memory accretion, why should this be monotonic? Couldn't it be reversed by a process of memory loss?

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The Arrow of Time »The Arrow of Time The Arrow of Time ☜A map exploring some issues concerning the nature of time that lie at the boundary of physics and philosophy. The map follows up a talk to the Blackheath Philosophy Forum on 2 April 2011 by Huw Price, Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for Time at Sydney University.☜F1CEB7

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The experience of time »The experience of timeThe experience of time☜This branch of the map considers the phenomenology of time - the various ways in which time presents itself directly to our consciousness. Why do we think time has the features indicated by the passage view? The answers will hopefully enable us to connect the phenomenological to the physical.☜FFB597

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Passage view components »Passage view componentsPassage view components☜The passage view refers to three aspects of how we perceive time - that it flows, has a direction and that there is a distinguished present moment - and claims that each corresponds to a feature of the real world. These matters are considered in this part of the map.☜FFB597

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Flow and direction of time? »Flow and direction of time?Flow and direction of time?☜What underlies our sense that time flows - that there is a continuous process where the future is realized in the present and then recedes into the past? Are we directly observing a feature of the real world through the private door of consciousness (Eddington) or is something else going on?☜FFB597

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Memory accretion hypothesis »Memory accretion hypothesis Memory accretion hypothesis ☜At all times we are aware of a stock of memories of an ordered succession of events, each with a rough or precise time-stamp. We are also aware that the stock is being constantly added to - a process of accretion. This gives rise to the sense of time flowing in the direction that memories are added.☜59C6EF

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Direction is that of memory accretion »Direction is that of memory accretionDirection is that of memory accretion☜By convention, we identify the forward direction of the psychological arrow of time is with the direction in which our stock of memories grows.☜9FDEF6

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Direction could reverseDirection could reverse☜If the psychological arrow arises from memory accretion, why should this be monotonic? Couldnt it be reversed by a process of memory loss?☜EF597B

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Reversal would be undetectable »Reversal would be undetectableReversal would be undetectable☜Reversal of memory accretion would presumably involve erasing newly added memories back to some point. Were this to occur, this process would be undetectable to the observer whose memories had been so affected.☜EF597B

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