ABSTRACT

I develop a puzzle, the resolution of which, I argue, requires an unfamiliar distinction between two forms or senses of metaphysical modality, each bearing a different relationship to time. In one sense of ‘metaphysically possible’, it is metaphysically possible for it to be a time other than the time it is now; in another sense, this is not metaphysically possible.

中文翻译：

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也许其他时间

摘要

我开发了一个谜题，我认为，解决这个谜题需要对形而上学模态的两种形式或意义进行不熟悉的区分，每一种都与时间有着不同的关系。在“形而上学可能”的一种意义上，它是形而上学可能的时间，而不是现在的时间；从另一种意义上说，这在形而上学上是不可能的。