The Perceptual Present

Abigail Connor; Joel Smith

doi:10.1093/pq/pqz017

The Perceptual Present

Abigail Connor, Joel Smith

Philosophy

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Abstract

Phenomenologically speaking, we perceive the present, recall the past, and anticipate the future. We offer an account of the temporal content of the perceptual present that distinguishes it from the recalled past and the anticipated future. We distinguish two views: the Token Reflexive Account and the Minimal Account. We offer reasons to reject the Token Reflexive Account, and defend the Minimal Account, according to which the temporal content of the perceptual present is exhausted by its direct reference to the interval of time over which it occurs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	817-837
Journal	The Philosophical Quarterly
Volume	69
Issue number	277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqz017
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2019

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Perception
The Present
Indexicals

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