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Time: A Philosophical Analysis

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. T. Chapman

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Canada

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 159)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Retrocausation and the Necessity of the Past

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 1-12

  3. Retrocausation and Tachyons

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 13-38

  4. Indeterminism

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 39-56

  5. Indeterminism and the Special Theory of Relativity

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 57-61

  6. The Objectivity of the Distinction between Past, Present and Future

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 62-85

  7. Temporal Order and the Causal Theory of Time

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 86-97

  8. Temporal Asymmetry (continued)

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    Pages 98-109

  9. Reference and Identity Over Time

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    Pages 110-119

  10. A Modal Logic with Temporal Variables

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    Pages 120-131

  11. General Questions

    • T. Chapman
    Pages 132-155

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 156-168
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About this book

This book is intended as an exposition of a particular theory of time in the sense of an interrelated set of attempted solutions to philosophical problems about it. Generally speaking there are two views about time held by philosophers and some scientists interested in philosophical issues. The first called the A-theory (after McTaggart's expression A-determinations for the properties of being past, present or future) is often thought to be closer to our commonsense view of time or to the concept of time presupposed by ordinary language. It includes at least the following theses, (a) Logic ought really to include tensed quantifiers for existence on one of its important usages means, present existence. More generally, we can't reduce all tensed locutions to tenseless ones. (b) The distinction between past, present and future is an objective one. It is not, for example, dependent on our consciousness of change; some A-theorists hold also, that the distinction, in effect, is an absolute one.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Canada

    T. Chapman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Time: A Philosophical Analysis

  • Authors: T. Chapman

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7904-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1465-7Published: 31 July 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7906-2Published: 15 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7904-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 168

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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