Philosophies of Space and Time

Herausgeber: Congdon, Howard K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Philosophies of Space and Time, Howard Congdon presents a collection of readings from antiquity to the present, showing how philosophers have thought about and understood the concepts of space and time. This examination shows how human thinking has evolved in attempting to answer the questions embedded in the concepts of space and time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780761827320
• ISBN-10: 0761827323
• Artikelnr.: 21708237

Autorenporträt

Edited by Howard K. Congdon

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Classical Concepts of Space and Time: The Concept of Space in Antiquity
Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus
The Atomists
On Nature
The Innate Knowledge of Geometrical Truth
Time Chapter 4 Post Aristotelian Analyses of Space and Time: Matter and Space
Time and Eternity
What Then is Time? Chapter 5 Space and Time in the Modern Period: Space and Extension
Absolute Space and Time
Relative Space and Time Chapter 6 Contemporary Perspectives and Issues: The Relativity of Time and Space
Flatland
Space and Time
Newton and the Infinite Static Universe
Understanding the Cosmos
The Plane Truth
Space Shapes
Fatalism
Must the Future Be What it is Going to Be? Chapter 7 Index