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1、JournalofPhilosophy,Inc.TimeWithoutChangeAuthor(s):SydneyShoemakerSource:TheJournalofPhilosophy,Vol.66,No.12(Jun.19,1969),pp.363-381Publishedby:JournalofPhilosophy,Inc.StableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2023892Accessed:20/12/200823:50YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJST
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4、rprintedpageofsuchtransmission.JSTORisanot-for-profitorganizationfoundedin1995tobuildtrusteddigitalarchivesforscholarship.Weworkwiththescholarlycommunitytopreservetheirworkandthematerialstheyrelyupon,andtobuildacommonresearchplatformthatpromotesthediscoveryanduseoftheseresources.Formorein
5、formationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.JournalofPhilosophy,Inc.iscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheJournalofPhilosophy.http://www.jstor.orgTHEJOURNALOFPHILOSOPHYVOLUMELXVI,NO.I2,JUNE19,I969TIMEWITHOUTCHANGEITisawidelyheldviewthatthepassageoftimeneces
6、sarilyin-volveschangeinsuchawaythattherecannotbeanintervaloftimeinwhichnochangeswhateveroccur.Aristotlespokeoftimeas"akindofaffectionofmotion,"andsaidthat,althoughtimecannotbesimplyequatedwithmotionorwithchange,"nei-therdoestimeexistwithoutchange."1Humeclaimedthat"'tisimpossibletoconceive
7、...atimewhentherewasnosuccessionorchangeinanyrealexistence."2AndMcTaggartpresentedassome-thing"universallyadmitted"thecontentionthat"therecouldbenotimeifnothingchanged"(fromwhich,heclaimed,itfollowsthateverythingisalwayschanging,atleastinitsrelationalquali-ties).3Si