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Is time passing a basic feature of reality, or only illusory? How can the present move? Is the past real, or only the present? If the present is durationless, have we any reson to think that our now is the interface between past and future? Is space nothingness, or an entity in it's own right? By surveying modern and historical debates, the text introduces the central issues that make space and time so philosophically challenging. Although recognising that many issues in the philosophy of time and space involve technical features of physics, the author has been careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout accessible to students with little scientific or mathematical training.
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"Dainton provides a comprehensive and unified treatment of the core issues in the philosophy of space and time while also making a number of original contributions to the field. Time and Space is an engaging and well written book that is suitable for both advanced undergraduate and graduate courses." John Earman, professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh. "Excellent ... deserves to be the new standard textbook on the philosophy of space and time." Jay Kennedy, visiting lecturer in philosophy, University of Manchester
About the Author:
Barry Dainton is professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
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- PublisherAcumen Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1902683323
- ISBN 13 9781902683324
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
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