Perspectives on Time

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Jan Faye, Uwe Scheffler, Max Urchs

      Pages 1-58

3. The Philosophy of Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Three Views on the Relationship between Time and Reality

      • Mauro Dorato

      Pages 61-92

   3. On Now-Ambiguities

      • Lars Gundersen

      Pages 93-105

   4. The Objectivity of Time-Flux and the Direction of Time

      • Uwe Meixner

      Pages 107-117

   5. Fleeting Things and Permanent Stuff: A Priorean Project in Real Time

      • Paul Needham

      Pages 119-141

   6. Existence in Time: From Substance to Process

      • Johanna Seibt

      Pages 143-182

   7. Direction of Time: A Problem of Ontology, Not of Physics

      • Erwin Tegtmeier

      Pages 183-191

   8. Tense and Existence

      • Max Urchs

      Pages 193-200

4. The Physics of Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. Do Times Exist?

      • Andreas Bartels

      Pages 203-213

   3. Is the Mark Method Time Dependent?

      • Jan Faye

      Pages 215-236

   4. Causation, Reversibility and the Direction of Time

      • Jan Faye

      Pages 237-266

   5. The Physical Worldview and the Reality of Becoming

      • Massimo Pauri

      Pages 267-297

5. The Logic of Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299

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   2. Relations between Sets of Time Points and Quasi-Linear Orderings

      • Wojciech Buszkowski

      Pages 301-321

   3. Linguistic and Tense Logical Considerations on the Generality of a Three-Point Structure of Tenses

      • Per F. V. Hasle

      Pages 323-344

   4. Time, Truth and Existence

      • Karl-Heinz Krampitz, Uwe Scheffler, Horst Wessel

      Pages 345-365

   5. Dimensions of Time

      • Ingolf Max

      Pages 367-397

Perspectives on Time deals with the problem of time from different perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. It contains 18 previously unpublished papers, written by philosophers from various European countries, as well as a large introduction about the history and the main situation in the respective fields today. The prominent issues which are addressed in this book concern the direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of reasoning about time. The papers have been written based on different approaches, partly depending on whether the authors subscribe to an A-theory or a B-theory of time.
Audience: Due to the broad variety of approaches the book contains important contributions both for philosophers, philosophers of science, logicians and for scientists working in the field of language and AI.

• language
• logic
• modal logic
• objectivity
• ontology
• science
• semantics
• truth

• University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Jan Faye

• Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

  Uwe Scheffler

• Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

  Max Urchs

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