Presentism

Essential Readings
Herausgeber: Magalhães, Ernâni; Oaklander, Nathan L.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presentism: Essential Readings contains writings-classic and contemporary-that acquaint the reader with different versions of presentism, standard philosophical and scientific objections to presentism, and their attempted solutions. Detailed introductions to each part of the book make the discussions accessible to students and those unfamiliar with this fascinating and controversial philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9780739145005
• ISBN-10: 0739145002
• Artikelnr.: 31802194

Autorenporträt

Ernâni Magalhães is adjunct professor of philosophy at West Virginia University. L. Nathan Oaklander is David M. French distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 General Introduction
Part 2 Part One. Presentism and Temporal Becoming
Chapter 3 Introduction. Presentism and Temporal Becoming
Chapter 4 Chapter One. What is Time?
Chapter 5 Chapter Two. The Unreality of Time
Chapter 6 Chapter Three. Changes in Events and Changes in Things
Chapter 7 Chapter Four. Is Presentness a Property?
Chapter 8 Chapter Five. Presentism: A Critique
Part 9 Part Two. Defining Presentism: The Triviality Objection
Chapter 10 Introduction. Defining Presentism: The Triviality Objection
Chapter 11 Chapter Six. The Presentist's Dilemma
Chapter 12 Chapter Seven. On Presentism and Triviality
Part 13 Part Three. Overviews of Presentism
Chapter 14 Introduction. Overviews of Presentism
Chapter 15 Chapter Eight. Presentism and Properties
Chapter 16 Chapter Nine. A Theory of Presentism
Chapter 17 Chapter Ten. A Defense of Transient Presentism
Part 18 Part Four. The Case Against Presentism
Chapter 19 Section One. Presentism and Inter-Temporal Relations
Chapter 20 Introduction. Presentism and Inter-Temporal Relations
Chapter 21 Chapter Eleven. Presentism and the Non-Present
Chapter 22 Chapter Twelve. Presentism and the Problem of Cross-Time
Relations
Chapter 23 Section Two. Presentism and Relativity
Chapter 24 Introduction. Presentism and Relativity
Chapter 25 Chapter Thirteen. Time and Physical Geometry
Chapter 26 Chapter Fourteen. A Defense of Presentism in a Relativistic
Setting
Chapter 27 Section Three. Presentism and Truthmaking
Chapter 28 Introduction. Presentism and Truthmaking
Chapter 29 Chapter Fifteen. Presentism and Truthmaking
Chapter 30 Chapter Sixteen. Presentism and the Grounding Objection
Part 31 Part Five. Presentism and Persistance
Chapter 32 Introduction. Presentism and Persistence
Chapter 33 Chapter Seventeen. Temporary Intrinsics and Presentism
Chapter 34 Chapter Eighteen. On the Incompatibility of Enduring and
Perduring Entities