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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... truthmakers because they are equivalent in meaning to B-statements. If this were the case, the absence of any A-facts would not matter, since there are B-facts, and these could serve as truthmakers for both sorts of statement. This ...
... truthmakers because they are equivalent in meaning to B-statements. If this were the case, the absence of any A-facts would not matter, since there are B-facts, and these could serve as truthmakers for both sorts of statement. This ...
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... truthmakers (or truth-conditions). Here is how Mellor has recently stated the case. Mellor distinguishes between beliefs, statements of beliefs, the sentences that are used in stating beliefs and the contents of beliefs, which he calls ...
... truthmakers (or truth-conditions). Here is how Mellor has recently stated the case. Mellor distinguishes between beliefs, statements of beliefs, the sentences that are used in stating beliefs and the contents of beliefs, which he calls ...
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... truthmakers ? The solution relies on the type - token distinction . A token of a type is a particular instance ... truthmaker . However , when we switch our attention to tokens of A - beliefs a way forward opens up . A token of an A ...
... truthmakers ? The solution relies on the type - token distinction . A token of a type is a particular instance ... truthmaker . However , when we switch our attention to tokens of A - beliefs a way forward opens up . A token of an A ...
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... truthmakers, we end up in a paradoxical situation, and consequently we have no option but to accept that A-statements have tenseless truthmakers. More specifically, Mellor argues that, if tensed sentences have tensed truth-conditions ...
... truthmakers, we end up in a paradoxical situation, and consequently we have no option but to accept that A-statements have tenseless truthmakers. More specifically, Mellor argues that, if tensed sentences have tensed truth-conditions ...
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... truthmaker for ST now obtains , so the statement in question is now true : S has undergone a change of truth - value ... truth - makers of tensed statements are of the tenseless sort considered above : for example , if a token of " It is ...
... truthmaker for ST now obtains , so the statement in question is now true : S has undergone a change of truth - value ... truth - makers of tensed statements are of the tenseless sort considered above : for example , if a token of " It is ...
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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