ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the argument for the unreality of time and therefore reveals only those results of his a priori project that are particularly relevant, without saying too much about how he arrived at those results. It dramatically changes the understanding and appreciation of nearly everything written on McTaggart since 1908. The book focuses the attention of contemporary philosophy of time on the role played by the principle of temporal parity as an implicit premise in the reasoning of the proponents of the A and B view. There is plenty more of interest in McTaggart's works for future research. One of the reasons for thinking that there is no problem is the popular assumption that McTaggart's argument against change in the B series rests on a simple mistake.