Nothing To Come : A Defence of the Growing Block Theory of Time /: A Defence of the Growing Block Theory of Time. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fabrice Correia, Sven Rosenkranz.
• Authors: Correia, Fabrice; Rosenkranz, Sven
• Contents: Intro; Introduction; Contents; Chapter 1: Taking Tense Seriously; 1.1 The Operator Approach to Tense; 1.2 Propositional Tense Logic; 1.3 Truth simpliciter; Chapter 2: Existence, Quantification and Identity; 2.1 Temporaryism vs Permanentism; 2.2 Quantification Theory and the Logic of Identity; 2.3 Unrestricted Quantification and the Temporal Being Constraint; Chapter 3: Temporal Relations; 3.1 McTaggart on the B-Series; 3.2 Temporal Location; 3.3 Precedence; Chapter 4: The Growing Block; 4.1 The Broad Picture; 4.1.1 Constant Growth; 4.1.2 The Edge of Becoming 4.1.3 Where Does the Edge of Becoming Lie?4.2 GBT Reloaded; 4.3 No Funny Business; Chapter 5: The Other Contenders; 5.1 The Problem with Presentness; 5.2 Presentism without Presentness; 5.3 Dynamic Permanentism; Chapter 6: The Epistemic Objection; 6.1 How Past Things Are; 6.2 Looking Back Onto the Past; 6.3 Knowing to Be on the Edge of Reality; Chapter 7: Bivalence, Future Contingents and the Open Future; 7.1 The Semantic Objection; 7.2 The Grounding Requirement on Truth Revisited; 7.3 Indeterminism and the Open Future; Chapter 8: Classical Theories of Time, and Relativity 8.1 Relativistic Physics and an Absolute and Total Temporal Order8.2 On Privileging a Foliation: Contents vs Structure; 8.3 Preparing for the Worst: The Revisionary Strategy; Chapter 9: Spatiotemporaryism; 9.1 Causal Structure and Factual Variation across Spacetime; 9.2 Spatiotemporal Logic; 9.3 Varieties of Spatiotemporaryism; 9.4 The Intransitivity of Being; 9.5 Recapture of the Classical Views; Concluding Remarks; Appendix 1 Semantic Characterisation of the Classical Systems; Appendix 2 Semantic Characterisation of the Relativistic Systems; Appendix 3 Recovering the Classical Systems
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 115; Philosophy; Time -- Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics; Time -- Philosophy; Philosophy; Analytic Philosophy; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics); Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Logic; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Mathematics -- Applied; Philosophy -- Logic; Science -- Physics; Astronautics; Mathematical modelling; Philosophy: logic; History of science; Analysis (Philosophy); Astrophysics; Logic; Philosophy -- Movements -- Analytic; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319787046; 3319787047
• Related ISBNs: 9783319787039; 3319787039
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 11, 2018).
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