In this concise text, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the "problems of philosophy". Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge and philosophy of science; the philosophy of logic and language; the philosophies of space, tim…
In Contingency, Time and Possibility, Pascal Massie explores the inquiries of Aristotle and Duns Scotus into contingency and possibility, as well as the complex and fascinating questions they raise. Massie shows how Aristotle and Duns Scotus's ideas about contingency continue to…
"Aristotle's definition of time as 'a number of motion with respect to the before and after' has been branded as patently circular by commentators ranging from Simplicius to W.D. Ross. In this book Tony Roark presents an interpretation of the definition that renders it not only …
"Adrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short yet thorough introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. Its treatment is roughly chronological, starting with the…
'Time Binds' is a powerful argument that temporal dissonance & sexual dissonance are intertwined & that the writing of history can be both embodied & erotic. "Time Binds is a powerful argument that temporal and sexual dissonance are intertwined, and that the writing of history …
"Invites readers into discussions of time, self and meaning under the auspices of three thinkers: Henri Bergson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Paul Ricoeur. The work of each thinker is highlighted to show how each 'disrupts' 'clock time, ' drawing out and reclaiming aspects of our h…
Invites readers into the discussions of time, self and meaning under three thinkers: Henri Bergson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Paul Ricoeur. This title highlights the work of each philosopher to show how each 'disrupts clock time', aiming to draw out and reclaim aspects of humani…
Our world is unquestionably one in which ubiquitous movements of people, goods, technologies, media, money, and ideas produce systems of flows. Comparing case studies from across the world, including those from Benin, the United States, India, Mali, Senegal, Japan, Haiti, and Ro…
