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The Metaphysics of Time
A Dialogue
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2009
Summary
Seventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, consciousness of time, and much more. Creating a series of conversations between two fictional characters, Bradley Dowden uses the characters to explore nine metaphysical issues involving time. Through the dialogue between his two protagonists, Dowden offers well-known arguments in the field of metaphysics for positions on such topics as the finite nature of time, absolute versus relational time, and Zeno's paradoxes of motion. The book draws on the theories of numerous philosophers, including Aristotle, Quine, Chrysippus, St. Augustine, Earman, Van Fraassen, Liebniz, and Hawking.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-6030-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0059-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
156
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 01: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 02: Fatalism, Free Will, and Foreknowledge No access Pages 13 - 26
Chapter 03: Mind, the Metric, and Conventionality No access Pages 27 - 46
Chapter 04: Time Travel and Backward Causation No access Pages 47 - 62
Chapter 05: Time’s Origin, and Relationism vs. Substantivalism No access Pages 63 - 82
Chapter 06: McTaggart, Tensed Facts, and Time’s Flow No access Pages 83 - 100
Chapter 07: Presentism, the Block Universe, and Perduring Objects No access Pages 101 - 118
Chapter 08: The Arrow of Time No access Pages 119 - 132
Chapter 09: Zeno’s Paradoxes and Supertasks No access Pages 133 - 148
