L Nathan Oaklander is internationally recognised as a leading defender of the tenseless theory of time. The thirty-one essays by Oaklander in this very useful collection have helped shape recent discussions of temporal becoming, and are frequently cited in the literature on the philosophy of time. Philosophers who hold that there is temporal becoming - meaning that events are first future, then become present, and finally become past - are proponents of the "tensed" theory of time. By contrast, philosophers who claim that all successively ordered events have the same ontological status - meaning that events do not 'come into being' as such but merely exist 'without becoming' at their respective temporal locations - are proponents of the 'tenseless' theory of time. Oaklander's lucid exposition of the critical issues involved in the study of time make this book essential for students, scholars, and anyone interested in this complex area of philosophy.
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"In order to achieve his goal of constructing and defending such a view, Oaklander covers an awful lot of ground, much of it topically very diverse, making for a really worthwhile read. It is an excellent legacy demonstrating an uncommon degree of focus." -- Philosophy in Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2006
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L. NATHAN OAKLANDER is a professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint. HE is the author or editor of numerous books on philosophy and the problem of time, including TIME, CHANGE AND FREEDOM and THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME.
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Time has two aspects when we ordinarily talk about, think about, and experience the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
argument from responsibility, tenseless theory, undisputable phenomena, unanalyzable temporal relations, tensed theory, argument against the detenser, monadic temporal properties, open future theory, tensed possible worlds, transitory temporal properties, being present obtains, intrinsically temporal entities, fact statable, tensed properties, incompatible temporal properties, tensed actual world, tenseless facts, tenseless view, tensed contents, temporal becoming minus the moving, tenseless truth conditions, incompatible properties problem, tenseless metalanguage, tenseless time, primitive temporal relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Quentin Smith, Cambridge University Press, Nathan Oaklander, Oxford University Press, Robin Le Poidevin, William Lane Craig, Hugh Mellor, Battle of Waterloo, Philosophical Quarterly, George Schlesinger, Clarendon Press, Michael Tooley, Bertrand Russell, University Press of America, Kluwer Academic, Yale University Press, John Bigelow, New Haven, Philosophical Studies, Clifford Williams, Critical Examination, Richard Gale, The Nature of Existence, David Lewis New!
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Time has two aspects when we ordinarily talk about, think about, and experience the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
argument from responsibility, tenseless theory, undisputable phenomena, unanalyzable temporal relations, tensed theory, argument against the detenser, monadic temporal properties, open future theory, tensed possible worlds, transitory temporal properties, being present obtains, intrinsically temporal entities, fact statable, tensed properties, incompatible temporal properties, tensed actual world, tenseless facts, tenseless view, tensed contents, temporal becoming minus the moving, tenseless truth conditions, incompatible properties problem, tenseless metalanguage, tenseless time, primitive temporal relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Quentin Smith, Cambridge University Press, Nathan Oaklander, Oxford University Press, Robin Le Poidevin, William Lane Craig, Hugh Mellor, Battle of Waterloo, Philosophical Quarterly, George Schlesinger, Clarendon Press, Michael Tooley, Bertrand Russell, University Press of America, Kluwer Academic, Yale University Press, John Bigelow, New Haven, Philosophical Studies, Clifford Williams, Critical Examination, Richard Gale, The Nature of Existence, David Lewis New!
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- Real Time by D. H. Mellor on 29 pages
- Language and Time by Quentin Smith on 25 pages
- The New Theory of Time by Professor L. Nathan Oaklander on 19 pages
- Temporal Relations and Temporal Becoming by Nathan L. Oaklander on 14 pages
- Nature of Existence by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart on 12 pages
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