Truls Wyller

The Size of Things

An Essay on Space and Time

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book serves a twofold purpose. Firstly, it provides an introduction to classic and modern themes of the philosophy of space and time. Secondly, it presents a novel theoretical perspective on the field as the author develops his own position. Taking as a point of departure the seemingly naïve question How big is a thing?, Wyller argues that the particular size of spatially extended objects can neither be an intrinsic property of objects nor a relation between physical objects. Similar to the particular duration of events, the size of spatially extended objects is accessible only to embodied subjects. Consequently, determinate extension in space and time is essentially indexical, inconceivable in a world without human beings. The book requires no prior academic knowledge of philosophy or science, as all crucial concepts of relativistic physics, phenomenology and transcendental philosophy are carefully introduced and explained.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill Mentis / Brill mentis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 3447336
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9783897857155
• ISBN-10: 3897857154
• Artikelnr.: 29152730

Autorenporträt

Truls Wyller, born 1951, Ph. D. in philosophy at University of Trondheim 1991, since 2003 Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Alexander von Humboldt-fellowships in Berlin, Göttingen and Tübingen. Main areas of research: philosophy of space and time, transcendental philosophy, moral philosophy, political philosophy Bei mentis erschienen: Indexicality and Idealism I & II (zus. mit P. Ulrich, A. Øfsti, 2000 / 2002) Geschichte der Ethik (22004)