Debates in the Metaphysics of Time
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…
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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 th.
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:1306945208, 9781306945202, 9781780937489, 1780937482, 9781472594112, 1472594118
- oclc:ocn883372953
- LC Classification:BD638
- Dewey Decimal:115
Table of Contents
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
Note continued: 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. RogersIndex -- Index.
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