Time, Change and Freedom

An Introduction to Metaphysics

L. Nathan Oaklander, Quentin Smith (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

1995
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-10248-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.7.1995
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-415-10248-0 / 0415102480
ISBN-13	978-0-415-10248-3 / 9780415102483
Zustand	Neuware