Time, Reality and Experience

Collection of original essays by leading philosophers on a range of questions about time.

Craig Callender (Edited by)

9780521529679, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 15 August 2002

338 pages
22.8 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.458 kg

'… a thoroughly excellent contribution to the Philosophy of Time. I suggest it should be regarded as a 'must have' volume for any philosopher with a serious interest in the Philosophy of Time considering the depth and breadth of the articles included.' Philosophical Writings

Why does time seem to flow in one direction? Can we influence the past? Is only the present real? Does relativity conflict with our common understanding of time? How does time relate to free will? Could science do away with time? These questions and others about time are among the most puzzling problems in philosophy and science. In this exciting collection of original articles, eminent philosophers propose novel answers to these and other questions. Based on the latest research in philosophy and physics, these essays will be enjoyable to anyone with a speculative turn of mind.

1. When time gets off track Jan Faye
2. Burbury's Last Case: The Mystery of the Entropic Arrow Huw Price
3. Zeno's Arrow and the significance of the present Robin Le Poidevin
4. Presentism, ontology and temporal experience L. Nathan Oaklander
5. A presentist's refutation of Mellor's McTaggart Philip Percival
6. Time and degrees of existence: a theory of 'Degree Presentism' Quentin Smith
7. McTaggart and the truth about time Heather Dyke
8. On absolute becoming and the myth of passage Steven F. Savitt
9. Time travel and modern physics Frank Arntzenius and Tim Maudlin
10. Freedom from the inside out Carl Hoefer
11. On stages, worms and relativity Yuri Balashov
12. On becoming, cosmic time and rotating universes Mauro Dorato
13. How relativity contradicts presentism Simon Saunders
14. Can physics coherently deny the reality of time? Richard Healey
15. Remembrances, mementos, and time-capsules Jenann Ismael.

Subject Areas: Philosophy of mind [HPM]