It is often said that Time seems to us to move, to pass, to crawl, and even to fly; that is, Time seems to be in motion. This sensation of the movement of Time is quite universal in human experience. It seems to us that either, Time is moving around/past us or that we are moving through time. Additionally, Time seems to have only one dimension, or direction, which depends on whether, we are moving through time, or if time is moving around us; if the former is true then, time moves futureward and if the latter is true, then time moves pastward. This sensation is appropriately illustrated by Peter Van Inwagen in his writings on temporality. “Many have found it natural to picture time as a river flowing futureward, and to picture us, the inhabitants of time, as drifting downstream, drifting with the current of the river of time, in a boat called the present…. It is equally natural for us to picture ourselves as standing on an island called the present in a river that flows......
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