Debates in the Metaphysics of Time

Herausgeber: Oaklander, L Nathan

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Produktbeschreibung

A core topic in metaphysics, time is also central to issues in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of religion. Debates in the Metaphysics of Time explores these close philosophical connections and tackles the contemporary debates using an interactive approach. Contributors put forward their views before commenting on the ideas of other contributors and defending against objections. Divided into 'metaphysics and time', 'consciousness and time' and 'God, time and human freedom', chapters are organized around key questions, including: How are we to understand the passage of time, or the 'change' an event seems to undergo when it moves from the future to the present and then recedes into the more and more distant past? Can we only be directly aware of what is momentary if we directly experience change and duration? How is God related to time and is divine foreknowledge and human freedom compatible? For students and researchers looking to understand the latest arguments in the philosophy of time, Debates in the Metaphysics of Time provides an original, up-to-date and accessible account of past, present and future debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781780934907
• ISBN-10: 1780934904
• Artikelnr.: 40049003

Autorenporträt

L. Nathan Oaklander is David M. French Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Part I: Metaphysics and Time A. Is there a coherent debate in the Metaphysics of Time? 1. Dolev's Anti-Metaphysical Realism: A Critique
L. Nathan Oaklander 2. Motion and Passage - The Old B-Theory and Phenomenology
Yuval Dolev 3. Two Metaphysical Perspectives on the Duration of the Present
Francesco Orilia B. Temporal Succession
Temporal Becoming and the Analysis of Change 4. Temporal Succession and Tense
Erwin Tegtmeier 5. Becoming: Temporal
Absolute and Atemporal
M. Oreste Fiocco 6. Temporal Predicates and the Passage of Time
M. Joshua Mozersky Part II Consciousness and Time 7. Physical Time
Phenomenal Time
and the Symmetry of Nature
Michael Pelczar 8. Extensionalism
Atomism and Continuity
Geoffrey Lee 9. Continuity
Flow and Symmetries: Replies to Lee and Pelczar
Barry Dainton Part III God
Time and Human Freedom 10. Divine Events
Joseph Diekemper 11. Instants
Events and God
Brian Leftow 12. Foreknowledge and Fatalism: Why Divine Timelessness Doesn't Help
Alan R. Rhoda 13. Foreknowledge Dilemma: Response to Rhoda
Katherin A. Rogers Index