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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... theories are diverse and difficult: the physics of motion; the nature of the continuum; the geometry of flat and curved spaces; relativity theory; and quantum mechanics. This range and diversity make the study of space and time uniquely ...
... theories are diverse and difficult: the physics of motion; the nature of the continuum; the geometry of flat and curved spaces; relativity theory; and quantum mechanics. This range and diversity make the study of space and time uniquely ...
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... quantum theory. This is a deficiency, for it may well be that developments in this area will have a decisive impact in years to come, when quantum gravity theory comes into its own. But we are not there yet, and given the plethora of ...
... quantum theory. This is a deficiency, for it may well be that developments in this area will have a decisive impact in years to come, when quantum gravity theory comes into its own. But we are not there yet, and given the plethora of ...
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... theories of special and general relativity in the early years of the twentieth century . More recently , some ... quantum theory . This has something to be said for it for , as we have just seen , scientists have made claims about ...
... theories of special and general relativity in the early years of the twentieth century . More recently , some ... quantum theory . This has something to be said for it for , as we have just seen , scientists have made claims about ...
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... theory – i.e. what implications the mathematical formalism has for how the world is – are often unclear. This is especially true of relativity and quantum theory. Hence there is a need for metaphysical inquiry, even if this inquiry does ...
... theory – i.e. what implications the mathematical formalism has for how the world is – are often unclear. This is especially true of relativity and quantum theory. Hence there is a need for metaphysical inquiry, even if this inquiry does ...
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... theory, this assumption is false. Since all times are equally real, people and other persisting things do not exist ... quantum theory have yet to be combined in an entirely adequate way, and the search for a satisfactory theory of ...
... theory, this assumption is false. Since all times are equally real, people and other persisting things do not exist ... quantum theory have yet to be combined in an entirely adequate way, and the search for a satisfactory theory of ...
Περιεχόμενα
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