Time and SpaceThe first edition (2001) of this title quickly established itself on courses on the philosophy of time and space. This fully revised and expanded new edition sees the addition of chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and dynamic time, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Surveying both historical debates and the ideas of modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way and is careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses. |
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... exist? This is an obvious question, and one that is frequently addressed, but it can mean different things. Since philosophers raise the question of whether the physical world as a whole exists, it is not surprising that they ask the ...
... exist? This is an obvious question, and one that is frequently addressed, but it can mean different things. Since philosophers raise the question of whether the physical world as a whole exists, it is not surprising that they ask the ...
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... exists and occurs. In one sense this characterization of substantivalism is accurate, but in another it is misleading ... exist. We will start to explore this issue in Chapter 9, and it will remain centre stage for much of the remainder ...
... exists and occurs. In one sense this characterization of substantivalism is accurate, but in another it is misleading ... exist. We will start to explore this issue in Chapter 9, and it will remain centre stage for much of the remainder ...
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... exist at once, or simultaneously – if they did, history would be reduced to a single instant – but rather that all times in Our universe exist together, to just the same extent as any two simultaneous locations in space, despite the ...
... exist at once, or simultaneously – if they did, history would be reduced to a single instant – but rather that all times in Our universe exist together, to just the same extent as any two simultaneous locations in space, despite the ...
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... exist: when the demon acts the present winks out of existence, and the past along with it. Or perhaps everything would come to a stop. People and things wouldn't cease to exist, they would simply stop changing. They would be frozen in ...
... exist: when the demon acts the present winks out of existence, and the past along with it. Or perhaps everything would come to a stop. People and things wouldn't cease to exist, they would simply stop changing. They would be frozen in ...
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... exist, time does not exist. 2. The A-series is metaphysically incoherent, and therefore does not exist. 3. Therefore time does not exist. As is plain, if 1 and 2 are both true, his conclusion 3 follows. We will be looking at his ...
... exist, time does not exist. 2. The A-series is metaphysically incoherent, and therefore does not exist. 3. Therefore time does not exist. As is plain, if 1 and 2 are both true, his conclusion 3 follows. We will be looking at his ...
Contents
Tensed time | |
Dynamic time | |
Time and consciousness | |
Tangible space | |
Spatial antirealism | |
Zeno and the continuum I | |
Zeno and the continuum II | |
Special relativity | |
Relativity and reality | |
General relativity | |
Spacetime metaphysics | |
Time travel | |
Conceptions of void | |
the classical debate | |
Absolute motion | |
Motion in spacetime | |
Curved | |
Strings | |
Glossary | |
Web resources | |
Index | |
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absolute space argue argument asymmetry at-at atoms B-theorist B-theory big bang Block theorist causal claim conception contents continuum curvature curved dark matter Descartes dimension direction discrete space distance relations distinction doctrine dynamic earlier Einstein entities Euclidean Euclidean space exist experience explain fact Figure finite Flatland force four-dimensional future galaxies geodesies geometry gravity Growing Block hence hole hyperplanes inertial effects infinite number interval Leibniz light locations material objects mathematical matter McTaggart metaphysical metrical Minkowski spacetime motion moving neo-Newtonian Newton Newtonian nomologically observable occur Oxford paradox particles past paths Philosophy physical plane position possess present Presentist problem properties quantum theory question reason region relationist relative rotating sense simultaneity sort spacetime points spatial relations speed string string theory structure substantival space substantivalist suppose surface temporal tensed tenseless things three-dimensional three-dimensional space true truthmakers two-dimensional universe velocity worldlines Zeno Zeno's Zeno's paradoxes