The metaphysics of time : a dialogue / Bradley Dowden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dowden, Bradley Harris.

Series:

New dialogues in philosophy.

New dialogues in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Space and time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, natural disasters, and much more. Creating a series of conversations between two fictional characters, Bradley Dowden uses the characters to explore nine metaphysical issues involving time.

Contents:

The Metaphysics of Time; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: Introduction; Chapter 02: Fatalism, Free Will, and Foreknowledge; Chapter 03: Mind, the Metric, and Conventionality; Chapter 04: Time Travel and Backward Causation; Chapter 05: Time's Origin, and Relationism vs. Substantivalism; Chapter 06: McTaggart, Tensed Facts, and Time's Flow; Chapter 07: Presentism, the Block Universe, and Perduring Objects; Chapter 08: The Arrow of Time; Chapter 09: Zeno's Paradoxes and Supertasks; Glossary; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-282-52212-4

9786612522123

1-4422-0059-6

OCLC:

609860028