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WVU Professors Featured on West Virginia Public Television

Morgantown, WV, December 27, 2006: Two assistant professors of Philosophy from West Virginia University will be featured on a WV Public Broadcasting television program in early January.

Dr. Andrew Cullison and Dr. Ernâni Magalhães will appear on the weekly television news magazine show, "Outlook," to talk about the philosophy and nature of time. The program, which is hosted by Beth Voorhees, will air Thursday, January 4 at 9 p.m. and again Sunday, January 7 at noon. For a list of stations across West Virginia that will broadcast the show, please consult http://www.wvpubcast.org/aboutus/tvcoverage.asp

"The interviewer asked questions about whether time is real, whether time exists," reported Dr. Cullison. "Does your identity change through time? Are you the same person in the past, present, and future? If the technology were available, could you go backward and forward in time just as you can in space? These are great questions. Philosophers, physicists, psychologists, and artists have long been intrigued by these questions."

Scholars subscribe to one of two views about the nature of time: presentism or eternalism. "Those who argue for presentism believe that only the present is real," Cullison explained, "and those who argue for eternalism believe that all things and all times are equally real, so Socrates is just as real as you or I. That's eternalism."

West Virginia Public Broadcasting focuses on stories and issues that affect West Virginia as well as providing in-depth feature stories from around the state. It has reporters located in Beckley, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Shepherdstown, and Wheeling.

"I am very pleased that two of our young, enthusiastic faculty members are having this opportunity to connect with the people of West Virginia," said Dr. Sharon Ryan, chair of the Department of Philosophy at WVU. "They are both excellent scholars and articulate thinkers on a deep and difficult subject."

The Department of Philosophy is located in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University.

For more information please contact the WVU Philosophy Department at http://www.wvu.edu/~philosophy/index.html or by phone at 304-293-3641.

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	NEWS WVU Professors Featured on West Virginia Public Television Morgantown, WV, December 27, 2006: Two assistant professors of Philosophy from West Virginia University will be featured on a WV Public Broadcasting television program in early January. Dr. Andrew Cullison and Dr. Ernâni Magalhães will appear on the weekly television news magazine show, "Outlook," to talk about the philosophy and nature of time. The program, which is hosted by Beth Voorhees, will air Thursday, January 4 at 9 p.m. and again Sunday, January 7 at noon. For a list of stations across West Virginia that will broadcast the show, please consult http://www.wvpubcast.org/aboutus/tvcoverage.asp "The interviewer asked questions about whether time is real, whether time exists," reported Dr. Cullison. "Does your identity change through time? Are you the same person in the past, present, and future? If the technology were available, could you go backward and forward in time just as you can in space? These are great questions. Philosophers, physicists, psychologists, and artists have long been intrigued by these questions." Scholars subscribe to one of two views about the nature of time: presentism or eternalism. "Those who argue for presentism believe that only the present is real," Cullison explained, "and those who argue for eternalism believe that all things and all times are equally real, so Socrates is just as real as you or I. That's eternalism." West Virginia Public Broadcasting focuses on stories and issues that affect West Virginia as well as providing in-depth feature stories from around the state. It has reporters located in Beckley, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Shepherdstown, and Wheeling. "I am very pleased that two of our young, enthusiastic faculty members are having this opportunity to connect with the people of West Virginia," said Dr. Sharon Ryan, chair of the Department of Philosophy at WVU. "They are both excellent scholars and articulate thinkers on a deep and difficult subject." The Department of Philosophy is located in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. For more information please contact the WVU Philosophy Department at http://www.wvu.edu/~philosophy/index.html or by phone at 304-293-3641. W-V-U