Ulrich Meyer

The Nature of Time

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ulrich Meyer defends a novel theory about the nature of time, and argues against the consensus view that time and space are fundamentally alike. He presents the first comprehensive defense of a 'modal' account, which emphasizes the similarities between times and possible worlds in modal logic, and is easily reconciled with the theory of relativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• New
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 144mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780199599332
• ISBN-10: 0199599335
• Artikelnr.: 37501187

Autorenporträt

Ulrich Meyer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colgate University in Upstate New York. He has published numerous articles in logic and metaphysics, with a special focus on the philosophy of time. The Nature of Time is his first book. He earned a PhD in Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Relationism about time
3: Temporal substantivalism
4: Tense logic
5: Propositions
6: Instants of time
7: Temporal structure
8: Time and existence
9: Presentism
10: The flow of time
11: The Problem of Motion
12: Relativity without spacetime
13: Conclusion
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