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Zusatztext Prosser's proposals are important and his discussion engaging. His treatment also contains much of value even to those who do not share his guiding interest in defending the B-theory ... In short, whatever one's perspective, Prosser's book is rich fare for thought, and essential reading for anyone puzzled by our experiential encounter with time. Informationen zum Autor Simon Prosser studied physics at the University of Birmingham and then philosophy at the University of Warwick and also, for one year, in Paris. He moved from physics to philosophy after realising that the big questions that interested him concerning time, space, and other matters were really philosophical questions rather than questions in physics. He now works at the University of St Andrews. His research is mainly in the philosophy of mind, but he also has interests in metaphysics. He has written on consciousness, temporal experience, the metaphysics of time, indexical thoughts, the nature of concepts, and the metaphysics of emergent properties. Klappentext Our engagement with time is a ubiquitous feature of our lives! but how does our encounter with it reveal the true nature of temporal reality? Simon Prosser addresses central questions at the heart of this debate! and explores our understanding of time! its passage! and our experience of changes! rates! and durations. Zusammenfassung Our engagement with time is a ubiquitous feature of our lives, but how does our encounter with it reveal the true nature of temporal reality? Simon Prosser addresses central questions at the heart of this debate, and explores our understanding of time, its passage, and our experience of changes, rates, and durations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction: The Metaphysics of Time; 2 Experience and the Passage of Time; 3 Attitudes to the Past! Present! and Future; 4 Experiencing Rates and Durations; 5 Is Experience Temporally Extended?; 6 Why Does Change Seem Dynamic?; 7 Moving Through Time! and the Open Future; Bibliography ...
