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This book explores the fascinating question of reality about material objects around us, person and the self as well as time. Real is what appears to most people most of the time. By this commonly accepted definition, matter, person and the self are real. However, they actually are not real according to the 'apocalyptic' and 'turtle' definitions of reality.

The key function of time, to describe change, can still be carried out without any reference to time (simply by relating repeating physical processes directly to each other). Therefore, time can be considered as a psychological artefact and it may not be real according to the apocalyptic definition (real is what is there anyway without us). It is also doubtful that time is real according to the turtle definition (real is a fundamental and irreducible feature of the world).

By the way, it is interesting to note that we do not ever seem to experience the 'present' moment as processing of neural information takes time. Once we are conscious of this information, the moment that gave rise to it and everything that happened during that moment, has already passed. There is also no guarantee that the order in which we perceive events actually corresponds to the order of their occurrence!
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Reality: A Very Short Introduction
byJan Westerhoff
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