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9780198239994

The Philosophy of Time

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    9780198239994

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    0198239998

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-05-20
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This volume provides a balanced set of reviews which introduce the central topics in the philosophy of time. This is the first introductory anthology on the subject to appear for many years; the contributors are distinguished, and two of the essays are specially written for this collection. In their introduction, the editors summarize the background to the debate, and show the relevance of issues in the philosophy of time for other branches of philosophy and for science. Contributors include J.M.E. McTaggart, Arthur N. Prior, D.H. Mellor, Sydney Shoemaker, Graeme Forbes, Lawrence Sklar, Michael Dummett, David Lewis, W.H. Newton-Smith, and Anthony Quinton.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Time and Tense
Relationism about Time: Sydney Shoemaker: Time without Change
The Direction of Time: Lawrence Sklar: Up and Down, Left and Right, Past and Future; Michael Dummett: Bringing about the Past
The Topology of Time; Robin Le Poidevin: Relationism and Temporal Topology: Physics or Metaphysics?
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