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Time and Consciousness

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Which philosopher proposed the idea of 'specious present'?

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William James
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William James introduced the concept of 'specious present' in his book 'The Principles of Psychology' (1890). He argued that our conscious experience of time is not a succession of discrete moments, but rather a continuous flow of events.

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