A Brief History of the Philosophy of TimeAdrian 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. |
Contents
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1 Time and change | 8 |
2 Idealism and experience | 28 |
3 Time and spacetime | 50 |
4 Does time pass? | 79 |
5 The arrow of time | 112 |
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A-series absolute motion absolute space actually Albert answer argues argument Argument from Contingency Aristotle Aristotle’s arrow Augustine beginning Big Bang causal relations cause chapter claims clock coherent compatibilism Dainton describe determinism direction doesn’t dynamic change dynamic theory earlier Einstein existence experience explain fact fatalism figure finite frame of reference fundamental future events happen idea idealist illusion infinite number involves Isaac Kant Kant’s laws of nature Leibniz light cone logical mathematical matter McTaggart means measure metaphysical multiverse Newton’s objective observer one’s Parmenides passage past and future perception perspective philosophical physically possible physicists predictions present presentist principle of bivalence problem proposal psychological projection question realism reason relationist retrocausation scientific sense simply simultaneous sort space-time spatial speed of light static theory temporal concepts tensed theory of relativity thermodynamic things thought time’s timelessly tion true truth Twelve Monkeys understanding velocity Zeno