The New Theory of TimeProfessor L Nathan Oaklander, University Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Philosophy Quentin Smith Yale University Press, 01/01/1994 - 378 من الصفحات "The most important debate among twentieth-century philosophers of time has been whether events that have happened, are happening, or will happen are equally real (the tenseless theory of time) or whether there is a fundamental distinction between past, present, and future, with only present events possessing full existence (the tensed theory). In the 1980s a new version of the tenseless theory of time emerged. While advocates still posit that all events are equally real, they depart from the old tenseless theory by conceding that tensed expressions cannot be translated into tenseless ones, and support their view of time using other arguments." "This anthology offers the latest turns in the debate over the new theory of time, with essays written by many of the most prominent contemporary thinkers in the philosophy of time. There are discussions on the role - or nonrole - of language in determining which theory is true; McTaggart's paradox and the logical difficulties that defenders of the tenseless theory say are inherent in tensed theory; and the nature of our experience of time, which proponents of both theories claim can now be explained. The Preface and the General Introduction to the book set the debate within the wider philosophical context and show why the subject of temporal becoming is a perennial concern of science, religion, language, logic, and the philosophy of mind."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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The Implications of the Tensed | 1 |
The Old and New Tenseless Theories of Time | 17 |
A Defense of the New Tenseless Theory of Time | 57 |
The Truth Conditions of Tensed Sentences | 69 |
A Reply to Smith | 77 |
The Coreporting Theory of Tensed and Tenseless Sentences | 94 |
Williamss Defense of the New Tenseless Theory of Time | 111 |
Temporal Indexicals | 136 |
The Logical Structure of the Debate about McTaggarts Paradox | 202 |
McTaggarts Paradox Revisited | 211 |
McTaggart Schlesinger and the TwoDimensional Time Hypothesis | 221 |
How to Navigate the River of Time | 229 |
Zeilicovici on Temporal Becoming | 252 |
The Problem of Our Experience of Time | 289 |
Mellors Emeritus Headache | 305 |
Priors Thank Goodness Argument | 322 |
McTaggarts Paradox and the Tensed Theory of Time | 157 |
The Unreality of Tense | 163 |
Mellor and McTaggarts Paradox | 176 |
McTaggarts Paradox and the Infinite Regress of Temporal | 195 |
On the Experience of Tenseless Time | 344 |
The Phenomenology of BTime | 360 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
A-determinations A-properties A-proposition A-theorists A. N. Prior actual analysis argue ascribe assertion B-relations B-series B-theory Battle of Waterloo C. D. Broad claim conditions of tensed contradiction copula D. H. Mellor detenser different truth conditions directly referential earlier entail Essay example exemplification exist explain false headache implies incompatible infinite regress J. J. C. Smart language later McTaggart's paradox meaning meeting starts Mellor metaphysical mind-independent property moments moving noon object occurs in 1980 ontological pain passage past Philosophy possible world predicates presence of experience present-tense Prior property of presentness proposition expressed Quentin Smith refer rigid designators Schlesinger semantic sense sentence-tokens sentence-type simultaneous Smart spatial t₁ t₂ temporal becoming temporal indexicals temporal properties temporal relations tensed beliefs tensed facts tensed sentences tensed theory tenseless fact tenseless sentences tenseless theory tenseless truth conditions tenseless view tenselessly tensers Thank thesis token translated true truth-value utterance