Richard M. Gale

The Language of Time (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040416013
• Artikelnr.: 74402551

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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