Albert Einstein famously said the past, present and future are only illusions, even if stubbornly persistent ones. Time is very real in terms of how we live and experience the world, but when you dig deeper — whether in physics or in philosophy — it starts to look more like a mental or mathematical construct than something that “flows” independently.

The next meeting of the Nottingham Philosophy Club is on Tuesday 20th May starting at 7.30 pm – the location is: 34 Waldeck Road, Carrington, Nottingham NG5 2AF