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Philosophy of Time: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) - Softcover

Book 28 of 36: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Power, Sean Enda

 
9781138240490: Philosophy of Time: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138240494 ISBN 13: 9781138240490
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

As a growing area of research, the philosophy of time is increasingly relevant to different areas of philosophy and even other disciplines. This book describes and evaluates the most important debates in philosophy of time, under several subject areas: metaphysics, epistemology, physics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, rationality, and art.

Questions this book investigates include the following. Can we know what time really is? Is time possible, especially given modern physics? Must there be time because we cannot think without it? What do we experience of time? How might philosophy of time be relevant to understanding the mind–body relationship or evidence in cognitive science? Can the philosophy of time help us understand biases toward the future and the fear of death? How is time relevant to art―and is art relevant to philosophical debates about time? Finally, what exactly could time travel be? And could time travel satisfy emotions such as nostalgia and regret?

Through asking such questions, and showing how they might be best answered, the book demonstrates the importance philosophy of time has in contemporary thought. Each of the book’s ten chapters begins with a helpful introduction and ends with study questions and an annotated list of further reading. This and a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book prepare the reader to go further in their study of the philosophy of time.

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About the Author

Sean Enda Power is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He has authored, among other work, The Philosophy of Time and Perceptual Experience (Routledge, 2018) and has co-edited The Illusions of Time (2019). He is a previous Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow and a previous Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Time, University of Sydney.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138240494
ISBN 13 
9781138240490
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
330