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Questions of Time and Tense - Couverture rigide

Poidevin, Robin Le

 
9780198236955: Questions of Time and Tense
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0198236956 ISBN 13 : 9780198236955
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1998

Synopsis

Questions of Time and Tense aims to develop and broaden a central debate in contemporary metaphysics. This debate focuses on questions about the nature of time: does time really pass? That is, do events become present and then recede into the past? Or is our ordinary conception of time, as consisting of an ever-shifting past, present, and future, merely reflective of our perspective on the world? The editor gives an introductory guide to the debate, outlining the development of rival theories. Then an international line-up of authors contribute eleven essays, all but one specially written for this volume, which demonstrate that these questions are intimately connected with issues in other areas of philosophy. The discussion moves through metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, ethics, and aesthetics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Questions of Time and Tense aims to develop and broaden a central debate in contemporary metaphysics. This debate focuses on questions about the nature of time: does time really pass? That is, do events become present and then recede into the past? Or is our ordinary conception of time, as consisting of an ever-shifting past, present, and future, merely reflective of our perspective on the world? The editor gives an introductory guide to the debate, outlining the development of rival theories. Then an international line-up of authors contribute eleven essays, all but one specially written for this volume, which demonstrate that these questions are intimately connected with issues in other areas of philosophy. The discussion moves through metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, ethics, and aesthetics.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robin Le Poidevin is Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds. he is the author of Change, Cause, and Contradiction (1991) and Arguing for Atheism (1996), and co-editor of the volume on The Philosophy of Time in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series (1993).

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198236956
ISBN 13 
9780198236955
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
306
Coordonnées du fabricant
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