ABSTRACT
A sign of the growing importance of time in modern thought is the interest aroused by the publication of Mr. J. W. Dunne's two books, An Experiment with Time and The Serial Universe. The movement of time is like a man walking along a road: every minute he has gone a bit farther than the preceding minute. The first criticism that can be brought against Dunne is that his conception of time is too spatial. As far as the Serial Universe is concerned, this criticism is far from justified at first sight, and Dunne repeatedly warns his readers, that though he uses spatial illustrations, they must not be interpreted too literally. A second criticism, related to that of undue spatialization, is concerned with Dunne's use of the idea of movement 'in' time. Suppose that a man looks back over a number of past events.
