tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post3780379433008801938..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: More on presentism and decisionsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-31597097441421897722020-04-28T09:19:25.995-05:002020-04-28T09:19:25.995-05:00That's true: I was thinking that the moment of...That's true: I was thinking that the moment of decision can be simultaneous with the pleasure, but our deliberation precedes the moment of decision. It would have to be an instantaneous thinker.<br /><br />In any case, the main point was just that trans-time counting is dubious and unnatural on presentism.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-35761364623171778322020-04-28T03:39:15.417-05:002020-04-28T03:39:15.417-05:00I’m not seeing how that would work.
Your delibera...I’m not seeing how that would work.<br /><br />Your deliberations take time. Your pleasure is experienced over time. You can’t be experiencing the promised pleasure while you are deliberating – that would be cheating. At best, the promised episode of pleasure might begin precisely when you commit to your choice. Even granting this, episode will be almost entirely in the future.<br /><br />Of course, I may well have missed a point.IanShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111583711680190175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-78624458891798712362020-04-27T09:37:51.471-05:002020-04-27T09:37:51.471-05:00I was thinking about simultaneous causation, which...I was thinking about simultaneous causation, which seems logically possible.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-58150232539065371922020-04-25T01:40:14.201-05:002020-04-25T01:40:14.201-05:003. You presently experience an innocent pleasure …...3. You <i>presently</i> experience an innocent pleasure …<br />This does not seem quite right. Wouldn’t you have to make your choice first, and only then (perhaps immediately afterwards) experience the pleasure? So while you are choosing, all the pleasures, including yours, are in the future, hence equally unreal to a presentist.IanShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111583711680190175noreply@blogger.com