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The Nature of Time (Hardcover, New)
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The Nature of Time (Hardcover, New)
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The theory of relativity convinced many philosophers that space and
time are fundamentally alike, and that they are mere aspects of a
more fundamental space-time. In The Nature of Time, Ulrich Meyer
argues against this consensus view. Instead of a 'spatial' account
of time that treats instants like positions in space, he presents
the first comprehensive defense of a 'modal' account that
emphasizes the similarities between times and the possible worlds
in modal logic. Modal accounts of time are naturally cast in terms
of a tense logic that accounts for temporal distinctions in terms
of primitive tense operators. Tense logic was originally developed
to provide a linguistic theory of verb tense in natural languages,
but here Meyer proposes that it can be treated as a metaphysical
theory of the nature of time. Contrary to popular belief, such
modal accounts of time do not commit us to the view that there is
something metaphysically special about the present moment, and they
are easily reconciled with the theory of relativity.
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