Review from previous edition The book consists of nine excellent but separate essays on various aspects of time . . . It serves as an admirable introduction to recent work on what the editor rightly calls 'a controversial topic in present-day fundamental physics'.

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Jeremy Butterfield is to be congratulated for soliciting and editing provocative contributions from distinguished scholars with such varied backgrounds and perspectives.

British Journal for the Philosopphy of Science

. . . original and outstanding in quality . . . a significant contnribution to the philosophy of time. Of the recent anthologies in philosophy of time, this one is by far my favorite.

Philosophy of Science

These nine essays, commissioned on the initiative of the Philosophy section of the British Academy, address fundamental questions about time in philosophy, physics, linguistics, and psychology. Are there facts about the future? Could we affect the past? In physics, general relativity and quantum theory give contradictory treatments of time. So in the current search for a theory of quantum gravity, which should give way: general relativity or quantum theory? In linguistics and psychology, how does our language represent time, and how do our minds keep track of it?
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Containing nine essays, this work addresses fundamental questions about time; in philosophy, physics, linguistics, and psychology. It poses questions such as: Are there facts about the future? Could we affect the past? It also discusses, how, in linguistics and psychology, our language represents time and our minds keep track of it.
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A Century of Time ; The Metaphysics of Time ; Can There be a Literary Philosophy of Time? ; On Relativity, Time Reckoning and the Topology of Time Series ; The Development of Machian Themes in the Twentieth Century ; On the Emergence of Time in Quantum Gravity ; The Problem of Time in Quantum Geometrodynamics ; Tense, Indexicality and Consequence ; The Perception of Time: Philosophical Views and Psychological Evidence
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`Review from previous edition The book consists of nine excellent but separate essays on various aspects of time . . . It serves as an admirable introduction to recent work on what the editor rightly calls 'a controversial topic in present-day fundamental physics'.' Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics `Jeremy Butterfield is to be congratulated for soliciting and editing provocative contributions from distinguished scholars with such varied backgrounds and perspectives.' British Journal for the Philosopphy of Science `. . . original and outstanding in quality . . . a significant contnribution to the philosophy of time. Of the recent anthologies in philosophy of time, this one is by far my favorite.' Philosophy of Science
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Breaks new ground within the philosophy of time Contains essays by outstanding senior figures in the field
Breaks new ground within the philosophy of time Contains essays by outstanding senior figures in the field

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780197263464
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
423 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
270