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... present rushes onward into the future ) can be asked " Which present ? ” It therefore seems difficult to make a distinction between a real present ( and perhaps past ) as against an as - yet - un- real future . Philosophers of the ...
... present rushes onward into the future ) can be asked " Which present ? ” It therefore seems difficult to make a distinction between a real present ( and perhaps past ) as against an as - yet - un- real future . Philosophers of the ...
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... present . To perceive is to become aware of stimulation . Awareness of sequence or duration may , at first glance , seem inconsistent with the definition of perceiving . In a mathematical sense , certainly , the present is only a point ...
... present . To perceive is to become aware of stimulation . Awareness of sequence or duration may , at first glance , seem inconsistent with the definition of perceiving . In a mathematical sense , certainly , the present is only a point ...
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... present Caspian Sea . Part of South China was also occupied by a shelf sea during Early Triassic time ; this sea merged into Tethys . Deposits of shelf seas are also known along the southern margin of Tethys in Alge- ria , Libya , the ...
... present Caspian Sea . Part of South China was also occupied by a shelf sea during Early Triassic time ; this sea merged into Tethys . Deposits of shelf seas are also known along the southern margin of Tethys in Alge- ria , Libya , the ...
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