  The feeling of a moving present or `now' seems to form part of our most basic
perceptions about reality. Such a present, however, is not reflected in any of
our theories of the physical world. In this short note I argue for a tenseless
view of time, where what we call `the present' is just an emergent secondary
quality arising from the interaction of perceiving self-conscious individuals
with their environment. I maintain that there is no flow of time, but just an
ordered system of events.

History and Philosophy of Physics