Time, Change and Freedom

An Introduction to Metaphysics
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-10248-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and critique.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oaklander, L Nathan

Smith, Quentin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Zeiterfassung, Chronologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I The finite and the infinite Dialogue 1 The beginning of time Dialogue 2 The infinity of past and future time Dialogue 3 The relational and substantival theories of time Dialogue 4 Eternity Part II Time and identity Dialogue 5 The problem of change Dialogue 6 The passage of time Dialogue 7 Personal identity Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time Part III The nature of freedom Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom Dialogue 11 Freedom, determinism and responsibility

Über Autor(innen)

Quentin Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. L. Nathan Oaklander is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint.