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.

Bibliographic Details
Author:James McEvoy
Published: S.n., s.l., 1983
Pages:547-577
Periodical:Review of Metaphysics
Number:37
Format:Article
Topic:- Doctrine > Time. History > Time > Time
- Influence and Survival > [Époque Contemporaine (1789-1960)] > Authors > Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)
Status:Needs Review
Description
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.