The Philosophy of time

Author(s)

• Le Poidevin, Robin
• MacBeath, Murray

Bibliographic Information

The Philosophy of time

edited by Robin Le Poidevin and Murray MacBeath

（Oxford readings in philosophy）

Oxford University Press, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780198239987

Description

The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to university students or general readers. This volume presents a set of readings which introduce the central topics in the philosophy of time. Two of the essays have been written specially for this volume. The editors summarize the background to the debate and show how issues in the philosophy of time are related to other branches of philosophy. This book should be of interest to students of metaphysics or the philosophy of physics (advanced undergraduate and graduate); professional philosophers and scientists interested in time; and general readers investigating the philosophical background to the current popularity of the subject.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Time and tense: the unreality of time, J.M.E. McTaggart
• changes in events and changes in things, Arthur N. Prior
• the unreality of tense, D.H. Mellor. Part 2 Relationism about time: time without change, Sydney Shoemaker
• time, events and modality, Graeme Forbes. Part 3 The direction of time: up and down, left and right, past and future, Lawrence Sklar
• bringing about the past, Michael Dummett
• the paradoxes of time travel, Denis Lewis. Part 4 The topology of time: relationism and temporal topology - physics or metaphysics?, Robin Le Poidevin
• the beginning of time, W.H. Newton-Smith
• time's square, Murray MacBeath
• spaces and time, Anthony Quinton.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780198239994

Description

This volume provides a balanced set of reviews which introduce the central topics in the philosophy of time. This is the first introductory anthology on the subject to appear for many years; the contributors are distinguished, and two of the essays are specially written for this collection. In their introduction, the editors summarise the background to the debate, and show the relevance of issues in the philosophy of time for other branches of philosophy and for science.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• PART 1: TIME AND TENSE
• PART 2: RELATIONISM ABOUT TIME
• PART 3: THE DIRECTION OF TIME
• PART 4: THE TOPOLOGY OF TIME

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Details

• NCID: BA19859632
• ISBN:
  • 019823998X
  • 9780198239994
• LCCN: 92026125
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 230 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BD638
  • DC20 : 115
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Time
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00245045