St. Augustine's account of time and Wittgenstein's criticisms
In showing how the mind, by its capacity for attending, can make a unity out of the present, Augustine is describing a real tension in experience, for in meaning and purpose there comes about a unity that partly overcomes distractions and scatteredness.
Author: | James McEvoy |
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Published: |
S.n.,
s.l.,
1983
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Pages: | 547-577 |
Periodical: | Review of Metaphysics |
Number: | 37 |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
Doctrine
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Time. History
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Time
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Time
- Influence and Survival > [Époque Contemporaine (1789-1960)] > Authors > Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951) |
Status: | Needs Review |
Summary: | In showing how the mind, by its capacity for attending, can make a unity out of the present, Augustine is describing a real tension in experience, for in meaning and purpose there comes about a unity that partly overcomes distractions and scatteredness. |
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