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Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity

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Editors:
  1. William Lane Craig

    1. Talbot School of Theology, Marietta, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 84)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Historical Background of Special Relativity

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 1-20

  3. Einstein’s Special Theory

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 21-46

  4. Time Dilation and Length Contraction

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 47-64

  5. Empirical Confirmation of SR

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 65-68

  6. Two Relativistic Interpretations

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 69-104

  7. The Classical Concept of Time

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 105-121

  8. The Positivistic Foundations of Relativity Theory

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 122-148

  9. The Elimination of Absolute Time

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 149-170

  10. Absolute Time and Relativistic Time

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 171-194

  11. God’s Time and General Relativity

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 195-241

  12. Conclusion

    • William Lane Craig
    Pages 242-242

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 243-284
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About this book

he present volume is part of a larger project, which is the attempt to draft a T coherent doctrine of divine eternity and God's relationship to time. In my God, l Time, and Eternity, I argued that whether one construes divine eternity in terms of timelessness or of omnitemporality will depend'''crucially upon one's views about the objectivity of tensed facts and temporal becoming. If one adopts a tensed, or in McTaggart's terminology, an A-Theory of time, then a coherent doctrine of divine eternity requires that one construe God, at least since the moment of creation, to exist temporally, which implies that divine timelessness can be successfully maintained only if a tenseless or B-Theory of time is correct. Accordingly in my companion volumes The Tensed Theory of Time: a Critical Examination and The Tenseless Theory of Time: a Critical Examination I set for myself. the task of 2 adjudicating the A- vs. B-Theory of time. In the former volume; r examine arguments for and against the A-Theory of time, and in the latter l' tum to an examination of arguments for and against the B-Theory. This inquiry tookme into a study of relativity theory,. its presuppositions and implications. The paucity of integrative literature dealing with the concept of. God and· relativity theory is striking.

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"In this book, Craig draws some important strands together regarding the concept of God and relativity theory. … In his excellent, integrative work, Craig has superbly brought together a tensed (A-) theory of time, divine temporality, and neo-Lorentzian relativity." (Paul Copan, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Talbot School of Theology, Marietta, USA

    William Lane Craig

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity

  • Editors: William Lane Craig

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3532-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6668-3Published: 31 December 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5602-3Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3532-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 284

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, Ontology, Philosophy of Religion

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