How to Embrace the B-Theory of Time Without Abandoning All of Human Language

The B-Theory of time has nearly everything going for it--but what about that pesky problem about how pretty much every sentence ever written or spoken would be false?

In the last essay, I talked about the A- and B-Theories of time. According to the A- or “tensed” theory of time, there’s an “ontologically privileged present moment.” According to the B- or “tenseless” theory, there isn’t one.

What does that mean?

Just that there is a particular point in time that objectively—i.e. independent of human consciousness—counts…