
doi: 10.5840/eps20154428
I had excruciating back pain last night. The next day I went to a spa and the pain disappeared. Psychologically speaking, my pain is gone. Where is it, speaking ontologically? A theorists have an easy time here (more or less). But B theorists who think that persons persist by enduring are in trouble. Why am I finding myself at this particular time, with this particular set of experiences, rather than at numerous other times, with different experiences, despite the fact that all times are on the same ontological footing and I am wholly present at all of them? I argue that the Puzzle of the Experience of the Present is a real challenge for B theorists, and the best way to deal with it is to adopt the stage view of persistence.
TEMPORAL EXPERIENCE,TIME,ENDURANCE,EXDURANCE,PRESENT
TEMPORAL EXPERIENCE,TIME,ENDURANCE,EXDURANCE,PRESENT
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