The Tenseless Theory of Time A Critical Examination
he present book and its companion volume The Tensed Theory of Time: a T Critical Examination are an attempt to adjudicate what one recent discussant has called "the most fundamental question in the philosophy of time," namely, "whether a static or a dynamic conception ofthe world is c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Arguments for a B-Theory of Time
- 1 SR and the B-Theory
- 2 Time and Its Measures
- 3 The Epistemological Foundations of SR
- 4 SR’s Elimination of Metaphysical Time
- 5 The Vindication of Lorentz
- 6 Three Arguments for the Mind-Dependence of Becoming
- II. Arguments Against a B-Theory of Time
- 7 The “Spatializing” of Time
- 8 Incoherence of the Mind-Dependence of Becoming
- 9 The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics
- 10 Creatio ex Nihilo
- Proper Name Index