Time and SpaceRoutledge, 15 Απρ 2016 - 448 σελίδες The first edition (2001) of this title quickly established itself on courses on the philosophy of time and space. This fully revised and expanded new edition sees the addition of chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and dynamic time, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Surveying both historical debates and the ideas of modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way and is careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses. |
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... explain passage in terms of the non - existence of the future : only the past and present are real , but since reality is growing - new times are coming into being as future possibilities crystallize into present actualities - no time ...
... explain passage in terms of the non - existence of the future : only the past and present are real , but since reality is growing - new times are coming into being as future possibilities crystallize into present actualities - no time ...
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Barry Dainton. may be said, is that time cannot be explained without assuming time. But may this not prove – not that time is invalid, but rather that time is ultimate?" (1908: 470). It may well be impossible to explain notions such as ...
Barry Dainton. may be said, is that time cannot be explained without assuming time. But may this not prove – not that time is invalid, but rather that time is ultimate?" (1908: 470). It may well be impossible to explain notions such as ...
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... explain why, but it is certainly not easy to see how they could be intrinsic, and to this extent at least his position is understandable. Suppose we try to explain the meanings of the A-predicates in the way that McTaggart himself ...
... explain why, but it is certainly not easy to see how they could be intrinsic, and to this extent at least his position is understandable. Suppose we try to explain the meanings of the A-predicates in the way that McTaggart himself ...
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... explain what it is claimed to explain, and so is entirely without justification. This objection has considerable force. The appeal of the meta-time model lies in its purported ability to explain how presentness can be gained and lost ...
... explain what it is claimed to explain, and so is entirely without justification. This objection has considerable force. The appeal of the meta-time model lies in its purported ability to explain how presentness can be gained and lost ...
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... way, the modal theory does not provide us with a truly dynamic account of time, nor does it explain why time seems dynamic, so there is no reason to accept it. 2.7 Consequences Since none of the responses to the overdetermination.
... way, the modal theory does not provide us with a truly dynamic account of time, nor does it explain why time seems dynamic, so there is no reason to accept it. 2.7 Consequences Since none of the responses to the overdetermination.
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Tensed time | |
Dynamic time | |
Time and consciousness | |
Tangible space | |
Spatial antirealism | |
Zeno and the continuum I | |
Zeno and the continuum II | |
Special relativity | |
Relativity and reality | |
General relativity | |
Spacetime metaphysics | |
Time travel | |
Conceptions of void | |
the classical debate | |
Absolute motion | |
Motion in spacetime | |
Curved | |
Strings | |
Glossary | |
Web resources | |
Index | |
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absolute space argue argument asymmetry at-at atoms B-theorist B-theory big bang Block theorist causal claim conception contents continuum curvature curved dark matter Descartes dimension direction discrete space distance relations distinction doctrine dynamic earlier Einstein entities Euclidean Euclidean space exist experience explain fact Figure finite Flatland force four-dimensional future galaxies geodesies geometry gravity Growing Block hence hole hyperplanes inertial effects infinite number interval Leibniz light locations material objects mathematical matter McTaggart metaphysical metrical Minkowski spacetime motion moving neo-Newtonian Newton Newtonian nomologically observable occur Oxford paradox particles past paths Philosophy physical plane position possess present Presentist problem properties quantum theory question reason region relationist relative rotating sense simultaneity sort spacetime points spatial relations speed string string theory structure substantival space substantivalist suppose surface temporal tensed tenseless things three-dimensional three-dimensional space true truthmakers two-dimensional universe velocity worldlines Zeno Zeno's Zeno's paradoxes