J M E Mctaggart
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Mctaggart S Paradox
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Author : R.D. Ingthorsson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-10
Mctaggart S Paradox written by R.D. Ingthorsson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-10 with Philosophy categories.
McTaggart’s argument for the unreality of time, first published in 1908, set the agenda for 20th-century philosophy of time. Yet there is very little agreement on what it actually says—nobody agrees with the conclusion, but still everybody finds something important in it. This book presents the first critical overview of the last century of debate on what is popularly called "McTaggart’s Paradox". Scholars have long assumed that McTaggart’s argument stands alone and does not rely on any contentious ontological principles. The author demonstrates that these assumptions are incorrect—McTaggart himself explicitly claimed his argument to be dependent on the ontological principles that form the basis of his idealist metaphysics. The result is that scholars have proceeded to understand the argument on the basis of their own metaphysical assumptions, duly arriving at very different interpretations. This book offers an alternative reading of McTaggart’s argument, and at the same time explains why other commentators arrive at their mutually incompatible interpretations. It will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in the philosophy of time and other areas of contemporary metaphysics.
The Unreality Of Time
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Author : John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2020-12-08
The Unreality Of Time written by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Philosophy categories.
In "The Unreality of Time," John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart presents a groundbreaking philosophical inquiry that challenges conventional notions of time. Through a rigorous examination of temporal experience, McTaggart argues that time, as ordinarily understood, is fundamentally an illusion. Employing a dialectical style reminiscent of the British idealists, he delineates his famous distinction between the 'A-series' (the sequence of events from past to future) and the 'B-series' (the ordering of events in terms of their relations to one another). This treatise engages with contemporary philosophical discourse, positioning itself within the debates surrounding presentism and eternalism while expanding the scope of metaphysical exploration into the very nature of existence itself. John McTaggart, a prominent figure in early 20th-century philosophy, was deeply influenced by the idealist movement and the works of Hegel. His academic background at Cambridge University and his long-standing engagement with metaphysical questions informed his critical stance on temporality. McTaggart'Äôs philosophical inquiry was not merely intellectual but also reflective of his broader interest in the implications of time for human existence and consciousness. "The Unreality of Time" is essential reading for anyone intrigued by metaphysics, philosophy of time, or the complexities of human perception. McTaggart's insights provoke profound reflections on the temporal dimensions of life, making it a significant contribution to philosophical literature that invites readers to reconsider fundamental aspects of reality.
What Is This Thing Called Metaphysics
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Author : Brian Garrett
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-04-04
What Is This Thing Called Metaphysics written by Brian Garrett and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Philosophy categories.
How did our universe come to be? Does God exist? Does time flow? What are we? Do we have free will? What is truth? Metaphysics is concerned with the nature of ourselves and the world around us. This clear and accessible introduction covers the central topics in metaphysics in a concise but comprehensive way. Brian Garrett discusses the crucial concepts and arguments of metaphysics in a highly readable manner. He addresses the following key areas of metaphysics: • God • Existence • Modality • Universals and particulars • Facts • Causation • Time • Puzzles of material constitution • Free will & determinism • Fatalism • Personal identity • Truth This third edition has been thoroughly revised. Most chapters include new and updated material, and there are now two chapters devoted to attacks on free will and fatalism. What is this thing called Metaphysics? contains many helpful student-friendly features, such as a glossary of important terms, study questions, annotated further reading, and a guide to web resources. Text boxes provide bite-sized summaries of key concepts and major philosophers, and clear and interesting examples are used throughout.
Tense And Performance
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Author : Avron Polakow
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-01
Tense And Performance written by Avron Polakow and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with Philosophy categories.
The Temporal Mechanics Of The Fourth Gospel
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Author : Douglas Charles Estes
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-03-31
The Temporal Mechanics Of The Fourth Gospel written by Douglas Charles Estes and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-31 with Religion categories.
Spiritual but broken, theological but flawed—these are the words critics use to describe the Gospel of John. Compared to the Synoptics, John’s version of the life of Jesus seems scrambled, especially in the area of time and chronology. But what if John’s textual and temporal flaws have more to do with our implicit assumptions about time than a text that is truly flawed? This book responds to that question by reinventing narrative temporality in light of modern physics and applying this alternative temporal lens to the Fourth Gospel. From the singularity in the epic prologue to the narrative warping of event-like objects, this work explodes the elemental temporalities simmering below the surface of a spiritual yet superior Gospel text.
The Nature Of Existence Volume 2
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Author : John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1988-07-29
The Nature Of Existence Volume 2 written by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-07-29 with Mathematics categories.
Time Embodiment And The Self
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Author : Andros Loizou
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Time Embodiment And The Self written by Andros Loizou and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Philosophy categories.
This title was first published in 2000: Beginning with a sustained argument against the new tenseless theory of time and against McTaggart's A series/B series distinction, the author of this essay goes on to provide a non-paradoxical, tensed, phenomenologically-based account of the 'going on' or 'taking place' of events in time that escapes the paradoxes endemic to 'passage' as understood via the A series/B series distinction. The author then turns his attention to the other main aim of the essay, which is to seek an understanding of time adequate to those more 'embodied' conceptions of the self that place character, and with it the 'constitutive attachments' or 'ground projects' of individual life circumstance, at the centre of the self. This involves a 'redrawing' of the self informed by a wider conception of the will than the one we have inherited via Descartes and Kant, by an account of ground projects, and by the theory of the tripartite psyche in Plato's Republic. It also involves extending the account of time developed in the second chapter in a way that draws on the notion of 'ecstatic temporality' that originates with Heidegger. The essay will be of use to philosophers and advanced students interested in the nature of the self, time, temporality, and phenomenology.
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language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The Philosophy Of Time
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Author : R. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-24
The Philosophy Of Time written by R. Gale and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-24 with Philosophy categories.
In what sense does time exist? Is it an objective feature of the external world? Or is its real nature dependent on the way man experiences it? Has modern science brought us closer to the answer to St. Augustine's exasperated outcry, 'What, then, is time?' ? Ever since Aristotle, thinkers have been struggling with this most confounding and elusive of philosophical questions. How long does the present moment last? Can we make statements about the future that are clearly true or clearly false? And if so, must we be fatalists? This volume presents twenty-three discussions of the problem of time. A section on classical and modern attempts at definition is followed by four groups of essays drawn largely from contemporary philosophy, each preface with an introduction by the editor. First, in a chapter entitled 'The Static versus the Dynamic Temporal', four philosophers advance solutions to McTaggart's famous proof of time's unreality. In the next two sections, the discussion turns to the meaning of the 'open future' and to the much-debated nature of 'human time'. Finally, modern science and philosophy tackle Zeno's celebrated paradoxes. The essays by Adolf Grnbaum, Nicholas Rescher, and William Barrett are published for the first time in this volume.
God Truth And Other Enigmas
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Author : Miroslaw Szatkowski
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-07-01
God Truth And Other Enigmas written by Miroslaw Szatkowski and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with Philosophy categories.
The book God, Truth, and other Enigmas is a collection of eighteen essays that fall under four headings: (God's) Existence/Non-Existence, Omniscience, Truth, and Metaphysical Enigmas. The essays vary widely in topic and tone. They provide the reader with an overview of contemporary philosophical approaches to the subjects that are indicated in the title of the book.