Future for Presentism

Zusatztext ...the book is interesting and should be widely read...provides an accessible and profound introduction to the topic and at the same time it expands the framework of the current theory of presentism...This stimulating study is warmly recommended to anyone interested in the metaphysics of time and in the relations between philosophy and physics. Informationen zum Autor Carig Bourne is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. Klappentext Presentism! the view that only the present exists! was a much neglected position in the philosophy of time for a number of years. Recently! however! it has been enjoying a renaissance among philosophers. A Future for Presentism is meant as a timely contribution to this fast growing and exciting debate. Zusammenfassung How can we talk meaningfully about the past if it does not exist to be talked about? What gives time its direction? Is time travel possible? This defence of presentism - the view that only the present exists - makes an original contribution to a fast growing and exciting debate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Presentist Manifesto 1: When am I? 2: A theory of presentism 3: Some outstanding problems for presentism met 4: Transtemporal relations (III): causation Part II: Presentism and Relativity 5: Physics for philosophers 6: The present dialectic in special relativity 7: Becoming inflated 8: All the time in the worlds: Gödel's modal moral

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Craig Bourne, Craig (University of Hertfordshire) Bourne, Bourne Craig
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780199568215
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956821-5
• Pagine: 258
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology