How Time Passes

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Sattig is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Tübingen. From 2002 to 2005, he was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and a Junior Research Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. Sattif has held tenure-track positions as Assistant Professor at Tulane University and at Washington University in St. Louis. He has been a regular Visiting Professor at USI, Lugano since 2019. Klappentext The question of the existence and nature of the passage of time is the central and most difficult problem in contemporary philosophy of time. Thomas Sattig approaches this problem by adopting both the perspective of metaphysics and theoretical physics and the perspective of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part A. Physical Passage 1: Tensed Tripartite Passage 2: Tenseless Tripartite Passage 3: Geometrical Passage 4: Physical Passage and Spacetime Conclusion and Map of Part A Part B. Experiential Passage 5: Temporal Experience 6: Explaining Experiential Passage 7: The Structure of Experiential Time 8: Geometrical Accounts of Experiential Passage Conclusion and Map of Part B

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• Authors: Thomas (Professor of Philosophy Sattig, Sattig Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198929161
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892916-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology