Time, change, and freedom : an introduction to metaphysics / Quentin Smith and L. Nathan Oaklander.
1995
BD111 .S575 1995eb
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Title
Time, change, and freedom : an introduction to metaphysics / Quentin Smith and L. Nathan Oaklander.
Author
ISBN
0203980662 (electronic bk.)
9780203980668 (electronic bk.)
9780415102483 (hbk.)
0415102480 (hbk.)
9780415102490 (pbk.)
0415102499 (pbk.)
9786610115792
6610115796
1134851731
9781134851737
1280115793
9781280115790
1134851723
9781134851720
0415102480 (hbk.)
0415102499 (pbk.)
9780203980668 (electronic bk.)
9780415102483 (hbk.)
0415102480 (hbk.)
9780415102490 (pbk.)
0415102499 (pbk.)
9786610115792
6610115796
1134851731
9781134851737
1280115793
9781280115790
1134851723
9781134851720
0415102480 (hbk.)
0415102499 (pbk.)
Imprint
London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4324/9780203980668 doi
Call Number
BD111 .S575 1995eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)179142166
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Machine generated contents note: pt. I finite and the infinite / Quentin Smith
Dialogue 1 beginning of time
Dialogue 2 infinity of past and future time
Dialogue 3 relational and substantival theories of time
Dialogue 4 Eternity
pt. II Time and identity / L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 5 problem of change
Dialogue 6 passage of time
Dialogue 7 Personal identity
Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time
pt. III nature of freedom / L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time
Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom
Dialogue 11 Freedom, determinism and responsibility
Appendix. Physical time and the universe / Quentin Smith
Sect. A Physical time in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
Sect. B Physical time in current cosmologies.
Dialogue 1 beginning of time
Dialogue 2 infinity of past and future time
Dialogue 3 relational and substantival theories of time
Dialogue 4 Eternity
pt. II Time and identity / L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 5 problem of change
Dialogue 6 passage of time
Dialogue 7 Personal identity
Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time
pt. III nature of freedom / L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time
Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom
Dialogue 11 Freedom, determinism and responsibility
Appendix. Physical time and the universe / Quentin Smith
Sect. A Physical time in Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
Sect. B Physical time in current cosmologies.
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Print version: Smith, Quentin, 1952- Time, change, and freedom. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995
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