Time Realism

Abstract This chapter explores the minority of philosophers arrayed against British idealism, many of whom defended time realism. It also considers how two theories bolstered their position: the specious present and evolution. Section 2 gives an overview of nineteenth-century realisms and other opposition to British idealism during the late nineteenth century. Section 3 introduces ‘specious present’ theories, which hold that our experiential present has duration, including those of Shadworth Hod