Defense of the brain time view

Keeping postdiction simple

“…The views that subscribe to the thesis of temporal isomorphism have been referred to as the "time as its own representation" views(Kiverstein & Arstila, 2013), which emphasize that time does not need to be represented separately. Another term, the braintime view(Arstila, 2015a;Johnston & Nishida, 2001;Yarrow & Arnold, 2015), emphasizes how experienced temporal properties are determined by the temporal properties of neural events.…”

The perceived unity of time

“…11 11 For examples see Arstila (2015), Dainton (2000), Foster (1991), Mellor (1981), Phillips (2014), Rashbrook (2013). These authors do not maintain that experience having a particular temporal property is sufficient for that property appearing as part of the experience's content.…”

“…Without the appropriate mirroring, experience could not have its temporal contents. Some (Arstila, 2015; Foster, 1991; Mellor, 1981), go further, suggesting that mirroring plays a content determining role , in that the temporal contents of experience are determined by some subset of the temporal properties of experience itself (for instance, the duration of an experience may determine duration content, while the date on which an experience occurs would not be reflected in experience). On either interpretation, similar accounts of temporal unity are possible, and the same objections raised in the next section would apply.…”

“…Some, like Phillips (2012), introduce a type of internal clock to exploit the timing of perceptual processes. Others, like (Arstila, 2015), appeal to a comparator mechanism.…”

“…Maniadakis and Trahanias (2016) develop a similar account inspired by striatal beat frequency models.11 For examples seeArstila (2015),Dainton (2000),Foster (1991),Mellor (1981),Phillips (2014), Rashbrook (2013. These…”