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August 10, 2008

It was getting late the other evening, and my wife said to Oz, "it’s almost tomorrow".the-persistence-of-memory

He responded:  "It’s never tomorrow.  And it’s never yesterday."

If I were a non-philosopher, I’d likely think either "WTF?" or "ooh, deep". Unfortunately, my occupation just leaves me wondering if this makes him a presentist about time, or just means he doesn’t understand the logical of indexicals.

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