Home › Entities › philosophical_theory › B-theory of time

B-theory of time

philosophical theory in which the flow of time is only a subjective illusion of human consciousness and that the past, present and future are equally real, without ontological privileging of the present
Event philosophical_theory Q4833742
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

B-theory of time

Summary

B-theory of time is a philosophical theory[1]. It draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_theory category, ranking #15 of 94).[2]

Key Facts

  • B-theory of time's instance of is recorded as philosophical theory[3].
  • B-theory of time's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q4mf2[4].
  • B-theory of time's studied by is recorded as philosophy of space and time[5].
  • B-theory of time's PhilPapers topic is recorded as b-theories-of-time[6].
  • B-theory of time's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 152894026[7].
  • B-theory of time's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C152894026[8].

Why It Matters

B-theory of time draws 211 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_theory category, ranking #15 of 94).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). B-theory of time. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/b-theory-of-time
MLA “B-theory of time.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/b-theory-of-time.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_b-theory-of-time_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{B-theory of time}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/b-theory-of-time}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): B-theory of time — https://4ort.xyz/entity/b-theory-of-time (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/b-theory-of-time · Last refreshed: