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Perspectives on Time deals with the problem of time from different
perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. It contains 18
previously unpublished papers, written by philosophers from various
European countries, as well as a large introduction about the
history and the main situation in the respective fields today. The
prominent issues which are addressed in this book concern the
direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of
becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of
reasoning about time. The papers have been written based on
different approaches, partly depending on whether the authors
subscribe to an A-theory or a B-theory of time. Audience: Due to
the broad variety of approaches the book contains important
contributions both for philosophers, philosophers of science,
logicians and for scientists working in the field of language and
AI.
One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science
involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by
laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the
contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants.
It begins with an extensive introduction describing the historical,
logical and philosophical background of the problems dealt with in
the essays. Among the topics treated in the essays is the
relationship between laws of nature and causal laws as well as the
role of ceteris paribus clauses in scientific explanations.
Traditionally, the problem of the unity of science was intimately
connected to the problem of understanding the unity of nature. This
fourth volume of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
tackles these problems as part of our consideration of the most
fundamental aspects of scientific understanding.
One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science
involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by
laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the
contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants.
It begins with an extensive introduction describing the historical,
logical and philosophical background of the problems dealt with in
the essays. Among the topics treated in the essays is the
relationship between laws of nature and causal laws as well as the
role of ceteris paribus clauses in scientific explanations.
Traditionally, the problem of the unity of science was intimately
connected to the problem of understanding the unity of nature. This
fourth volume of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
tackles these problems as part of our consideration of the most
fundamental aspects of scientific understanding.
Perspectives on Time deals with the problem of time from different
perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. It contains 18
previously unpublished papers, written by philosophers from various
European countries, as well as a large introduction about the
history and the main situation in the respective fields today. The
prominent issues which are addressed in this book concern the
direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of
becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of
reasoning about time. The papers have been written based on
different approaches, partly depending on whether the authors
subscribe to an A-theory or a B-theory of time. Audience: Due to
the broad variety of approaches the book contains important
contributions both for philosophers, philosophers of science,
logicians and for scientists working in the field of language and
AI.
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