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The Metaphysics of Time
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Artikel-Nr:
9781442200593
Veröffentl:
2009
Seiten:
150
Autor:
Bradley Dowden
Serie:
New Dialogues in Philosophy
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Seventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, natural disasters, and much more. Creating a series of conversations between two fictional characters, Bradley Dowden uses the characters to explore nine metaphysical issues involving time.
Seventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, consciousness of time, and much more. Creating a series of conversations between two fictional characters, Bradley Dowden uses the characters to explore nine metaphysical issues involving time. Through the dialogue between his two protagonists, Dowden offers well-known arguments in the field of metaphysics for positions on such topics as the finite nature of time, absolute versus relational time, and Zeno's paradoxes of motion. The book draws on the theories of numerous philosophers, including Aristotle, Quine, Chrysippus, St. Augustine, Earman, Van Fraassen, Liebniz, and Hawking.
1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 1. Introduction
Chapter 3 2. Fatalism, Free Will, and Foreknowledge
Chapter 4 3. Mind, the Metric, and Conventionality
Chapter 5 4. Time Travel and Backward Causation
Chapter 6 5. Time's Origin, and Relationism vs. Substantivalism
Chapter 7 6. McTaggart, Tensed Facts, and Time's Flow
Chapter 8 7. Presentism, the Block Universe, and Perduring Objects
Chapter 9 8. The Arrow of Time
Chapter 10 9. Zeno's Paradoxes and Supertasks
Chapter 11 10. Glossary
Chapter 2 1. Introduction
Chapter 3 2. Fatalism, Free Will, and Foreknowledge
Chapter 4 3. Mind, the Metric, and Conventionality
Chapter 5 4. Time Travel and Backward Causation
Chapter 6 5. Time's Origin, and Relationism vs. Substantivalism
Chapter 7 6. McTaggart, Tensed Facts, and Time's Flow
Chapter 8 7. Presentism, the Block Universe, and Perduring Objects
Chapter 9 8. The Arrow of Time
Chapter 10 9. Zeno's Paradoxes and Supertasks
Chapter 11 10. Glossary