Philosophy Now Forum

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am

Age wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 11:39 pm

commonsense wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 11:18 pm

“The present just is” means the same as “the present exists.”

OF COURSE. This is EXTREMELY OBVIOUS.

If you read the ACTUAL QUESTION I ASKED, 'it' is in relation to WHO, and NOT about what 'the present just is' MEANS.

commonsense wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 11:18 pm BTW, what is an objective observer?

'EVERY one' as One.

Or, in another, and simpler, word: Everyone.

So, everyone is an objective observer?

No, 'Everyone' IS thee objective Observer.

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am The present just is, and it’s not relative to anything other than itself.

Okay. BUT, to 'you', 'the future' is relative to 'the present', right?

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am Being relative to only itself is the same as saying it just is.

Yes, that is, and was already, understood.

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am The present just is is the same as the present is only relative to itself.

Okay, you have informed us of this a few times already now.

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am The present just is is the same as the present only is, and the present only is is the same as the present isn’t anything else.

Okay.

commonsense wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 12:25 am The present cannot be relative to anything because then it would not only exist but exist and be relative to something else.

But to WHO is 'the present' relative to, EXACTLY?