# The Puzzle of Temporal Experience **Opening (not a real abstract):** The Puzzle of Temporal Experience1 Sean D. Kelly Princeton University To appear in Philosophy and Neuroscience, eds. Andy Brook and Kathleen Akins (Cambridge: Last modified: August 16, 2004 I. Introduction There you are at the opera house. The soprano has just hit her high note – a glassshattering high C that fills the hall – and she holds it. She holds it. She holds it. She holds it. She holds it. She holds the note for such a long time that after a while a funny thing happens: you no longer seem only to hear it, the note as it is currently sounding, that glass-shattering high C that is loud and high and pure. In addition, you also seem to hear something more. It is difficult to express precisely what this extra feature is. One is tempted to say, however, that the note now sounds like it has been going on for a very long time. Perhaps it even sounds like a **Authors:** [[Sean D. Kelly]]