A brief history of the philosophy of time / Adrian Bardon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bardon, Adrian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Physical Description:

ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Adrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time covers subjects such as time and change, the experience of time, physical and metaphysical approaches to the nature of time, the direction of time, time travel, time and freedom of the will, and scientific and philosophical approaches to eternity and the beginning of time. Bardon employs helpful illustrations and keeps technical language to a minimum in bringing the resources of over 2500 years of philosophy and science to bear on some of humanity's most fundamental and enduring questions. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: what does it mean to ask, "what is time"?

Time and change

Idealism and experience

Time and space-time

Does time pass?

The arrow of time

Is time travel possible?

Time and freedom

Could the universe have no beginning or end in time?

Epilogue: is "What is time" the wrong question?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199976454

0199976457

9780199301089

0199301085

OCLC:

827841349