specious present

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noun

Philosophy.

1. a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced.

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Succession can occur within the specious present, of which we can distinguish some parts as earlier and others as later.

From The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand

But this present is not the momentary meeting-place of two eternities or the brief span of time which psychologists have named 'the specious present'.

From The Unity of Civilization by Various

Spatial and temporal relations must sometimes be included, for example in the case of a swift motion falling wholly within the specious present.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

Although painting is essentially a spatial art, it includes a temporal element, the "specious present," the single moment of action or of motion.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.

The longest duration which we immediately feel is what is called the "specious present."

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter