ISBN: 9780197262078 - the arguments of time (british academy centenary monographs) (1 Ergebnisse)

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 253 pages: illustrations. Contents: A century of time / J.R. Lucas -- The metaphysics of time / Michael Tooley -- Can there be a literary philosophy of time? / Gregory Currie -- On relativity, time reckoning and the topology of time series / Roberto Torretti -- The development of Machian themes in the twentieth century / Julian Barbour -- On the emergence of time in quantum gravity / Jeremy Butterfield and Chris Isham -- The problem of time in quantum geometrodynamics / Karel Kuchar? -- Tense, indexiality and consquence / James Higginbotham -- The perception of time: philosophical views and psychological evidence / Michel Treisman. Subjects:Time Philosophy. Metaphysics. Philosophy. 1 Kg. …