Normative Status of Time Bias - An Empirically Led Investigation

This book empirically investigates the nature of time biases. This book focuses on three key kinds of time bias: near, present, and future bias. It presents a rich picture of the conditions under which we display these biases, and it outlines several psychological explanations for them.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Do Time Biased Preferences Matter?; Chapter 3: Connecting the Time Biases; Chapter 4: Bad Upshot Arguments against Future Bias; Chapter 5: Arguments for Time Bias Part I; Chapter 6: Arguments against Time Bias Part II; Chapter 7: Arguments against Time Bias; Chapter 8: On Being Time Biased.

About the author

Kristie Miller is Professor of Philosophy and joint Director of the Centre for Time at the University of Sydney. She has published widely in the philosophy of time, focusing both on the nature of time itself and our experiences of time. Her most recent work includes Out of Time (Oxford University Press, 2022), written with Sam Baron and Jonathan Tallant; Persistence (Cambridge University Press, 2022); and Does Tomorrow Exist?: A Debate, written with Nikk Effingham (Routledge, 2023).

Summary

This book empirically investigates the nature of time biases. This book focuses on three key kinds of time bias: near, present, and future bias. It presents a rich picture of the conditions under which we display these biases, and it outlines several psychological explanations for them.

Product details

• Authors: Kristie Miller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032867151
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286715-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Psychological theory & schools of thought