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Book SynopsisSeventh in the New Dialogues in Philosophy series, this book discusses the concept of time and shows in the simplest ways how time informs discussions about causality, creation, physics, consciousness of time, and much more. Creating a series of conversations between two fictional characters, Bradley Dowden uses the characters to explore nine metaphysical issues involving time. Through the dialogue between his two protagonists, Dowden offers well-known arguments in the field of metaphysics for positions on such topics as the finite nature of time, absolute versus relational time, and Zeno''s paradoxes of motion. The book draws on the theories of numerous philosophers, including Aristotle, Quine, Chrysippus, St. Augustine, Earman, Van Fraassen, Liebniz, and Hawking.
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Table of Contents1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 1. Introduction Chapter 3 2. Fatalism, Free Will, and Foreknowledge Chapter 4 3. Mind, the Metric, and Conventionality Chapter 5 4. Time Travel and Backward Causation Chapter 6 5. Time's Origin, and Relationism vs. Substantivalism Chapter 7 6. McTaggart, Tensed Facts, and Time's Flow Chapter 8 7. Presentism, the Block Universe, and Perduring Objects Chapter 9 8. The Arrow of Time Chapter 10 9. Zeno's Paradoxes and Supertasks Chapter 11 10. Glossary
