First published in 1968, The Language of Time clarifies certain large-scale features of ordinary or common-sense concept of time by using linguistic analysis or ordinary language philosophy. The author does so by studying the language of time in its everyday employment.
First published in 1968, The Language of Time clarifies certain large-scale features of ordinary or common-sense concept of time by using linguistic analysis or ordinary language philosophy. The author does so by studying the language of time in its everyday employment.
Richard M. Gale was an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He was known for defending the A-theory of time against the B-theory.
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Preface Part One: McTaggart's Paradox 1. McTaggart's Paradox and the language of time 2. The answers to McTaggart's Paradox Part Two: A Determinations and B Relations 3. The criteria for A and B Statements 4. The ineliminability of A Determinations 5. The non sensibility of A Determinations 6. The reduction of B Relations to A Determinations Part Three: Logical Asymmetries between the Past and the Future 7. The impossibility of bringing about the past 8. Future contingents 9. Future individuals Part Four: The Objectivity of Temporal Becoming 10. A Priori arguments for the subjectivity of becoming 11. Empirical arguments for the subjectivity of becoming
Preface Part One: McTaggart's Paradox 1. McTaggart's Paradox and the language of time 2. The answers to McTaggart's Paradox Part Two: A Determinations and B Relations 3. The criteria for A and B Statements 4. The ineliminability of A Determinations 5. The non sensibility of A Determinations 6. The reduction of B Relations to A Determinations Part Three: Logical Asymmetries between the Past and the Future 7. The impossibility of bringing about the past 8. Future contingents 9. Future individuals Part Four: The Objectivity of Temporal Becoming 10. A Priori arguments for the subjectivity of becoming 11. Empirical arguments for the subjectivity of becoming
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