Editing Analytic philosophy (section)

==== Philosophy of time ====
Analytic [[Philosophy of space and time|philosophy of time]] traces its roots to the British idealist [[J. M. E. McTaggart]]'s article "[[The Unreality of Time]]"  (1908). In it, McTaggart distinguishes between the dynamic, [[A series and B series|A-, or tensed, theory]] of time (past, present, future), in which [[flow of time|time flows]]; and the static or tenseless [[B-theory of time]] (earlier than, simultaneous with, later than). [[Eternalism (philosophy of time)|Eternalism]] holds that past, present, and future are equally real. In contrast, [[Presentism (philosophy of time)|Presentism]] holds that only entities in the present exist.<ref>{{harvnb|Loux|Crisp|2017|pp=206, 214–215}}</ref>

The theory of special relativity seems to advocate a B-theory of time. David Lewis's perdurantism, or [[four-dimensionalism]], requires a B-theory of time.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-9MYDQAAQBAJ Personal Identity and Resurrection]</ref> [[A. N. Prior]], who invented [[tense logic]], advocated the A-theory of time.