The Arguments of Time (Paperback, New ed)

These nine essays, commissioned on the initiative of the Philosophy section of the British Academy, address fundamental questions about time in philosophy, physics, linguistics, and psychology. Are there facts about the future? Could we affect the past? In physics, general relativity and quantum theory give contradictory treatments of time. So in the current search for a theory of quantum gravity, which should give way: general relativity or quantum theory? In linguistics and psychology, how does our language represent time, and how do our minds keep track of it?
Contributors include John Lucas, Michael Tooley, Gregory Currie, Roberto Torretti, Julian Barbour, Jeremy Butterfield, Chris Isham, Karel Kuchar, James Higginbotham, and Michel Treisman.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Academy Centenary Monographs
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	May 2006
Editors:	Jeremy Butterfield
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	270
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-726346-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-726346-1
Barcode:	9780197263464

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