Prior’s “The Nature of the Present”

Summarize Prior’s argument. Make sure it’s clear what the conclusion is.

excerpt from Broad’s Scientific Thought

What is an ‘intrinsic order’ and an ‘intrinsic sense’? What is ‘Becoming’?

What is Broad’s basic picture of how time works?

What is wrong with analyzing the flow of time using the analogy with the policeman’s spotlight?

Why think change from future to present is different than other sorts of changes (this isn’t asking how they differ but what the reasons are for thinking they differ)? Do you think these are good reasons?