A Companion to the Philosophy of Time
Samenvatting
A Companion to the Philosophy of Time presents the broadest treatment of this subject yet; 32 specially commissioned articles – written by an international line–up of experts provide an unparalleled reference work for students and specialists alike in this exciting field.
The most comprehensive reference work on the philosophy of time currently available
The first collection to tackle the historical development of the philosophy of time in addition to covering contemporary work
Provides a tripartite approach in its organization, covering history of the philosophy of time, time as a feature of the physical world, and time as a feature of experience
Includes contributions from both distinguished, well–established scholars and rising stars in the field
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<p>Acknowledgments xvii</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br />Heather Dyke and Adrian Bardon</p>
<p>Part I The History of the Philosophy of Time 7</p>
<p>1 Heraclitus and Parmenides 9<br />Ronald C. Hoy</p>
<p>2 Zeno s Paradoxes 30<br />Niko Strobach</p>
<p>3 Aristotle on Time and Change 47<br />Andrea Falcon</p>
<p>4 Determinism, Fatalism, and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy 59<br />Ricardo Salles</p>
<p>5 Creation and Eternity in Medieval Philosophy 73<br />Jon McGinnis</p>
<p>6 Newton s Philosophy of Time 87<br />Eric Schliesser</p>
<p>7 Classical Empiricism 102<br />Lorne Falkenstein</p>
<p>8 Kant and Time–Order Idealism 120<br />Andrew Brook</p>
<p>9 Husserl and the Phenomenology of Temporality 135<br />Shaun Gallagher</p>
<p>10 The Emergence of a New Family of Theories of Time 151<br />John Bigelow</p>
<p>11 The B–Theory in the Twentieth Century 167<br />M. Joshua Mozersky</p>
<p>Part II Time as a Feature of the Physical World 183</p>
<p>12 Time in Classical and Relativistic Physics 185<br />Gordon Belot</p>
<p>13 Time in Cosmology 201<br />Chris Smeenk</p>
<p>14 On Time in Quantum Physics 220<br />Jeremy Butterfield</p>
<p>15 Time in Quantum Gravity 242<br />Nick Huggett, Tiziana Vistarini, and Christian Wüthrich</p>
<p>16 The Arrow of Time in Physics 262<br />David Wallace</p>
<p>17 Time and Causation 282<br />Mathias Frisch</p>
<p>18 Time Travel and Time Machines 301<br />Douglas Kutach</p>
<p>19 The Passage of Time 315<br />Simon Prosser</p>
<p>20 Time and Tense 328<br />Heather Dyke</p>
<p>21 Presentism, Eternalism, and the Growing Block 345<br />Kristie Miller</p>
<p>22 Change and Identity over Time 365<br />Dana Lynne Goswick</p>
<p>Part III Time as a Feature of Human Experience 387</p>
<p>23 The Perception of Time 389<br />Barry Dainton</p>
<p>24 Transcendental Arguments and Temporal Experience 410<br />Georges Dicker</p>
<p>25 Memory 432<br />Jordi Fernández</p>
<p>26 Time in Mind 444<br />Julian Kiverstein and Valtteri Arstila</p>
<p>27 The Representation of Time in Agency 470<br />Holly Andersen</p>
<p>28 Temporal Indexicals 486<br />John Perry</p>
<p>29 Time The Emotional Asymmetry 507<br />Caspar Hare</p>
<p>30 Evolutionary Explanations of Temporal Experience 521<br />Heather Dyke and James Maclaurin</p>
<p>31 Time and Freedom 535<br />Robin Le Poidevin</p>
<p>32 Time and Morality 549<br />Krister Bykvist</p>
<p>Index 563</p>