"With a strong interdisciplinary approach to a subject that does not lend itself easily to the reference format, this work may not seem to support directly academic programs beyond general research,
Time is a slippery concept. Historians, physicists, clockmakers and poets have all tried to define time and make it somehow manageable. Miller (Literature, University of California at Santa Cruz) has
Life is short. This indisputable fact of existence has driven human ingenuity since antiquity, whether through efforts to lengthen our liveswith medicine or shorten the amount of time we spend
Wagner (philosophy, University of San Diego) has reclaimed Time from the quantifying hands of physicists and given it back to the philosophers. He returns to the fundamental question of the reality of
The sixteen papers collected in this volume are expanded and revised versions of talks delivered at the Second International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime, organized by the International Soc
Recent philosophical debates have moved beyond proclamations of the "death of philosophy" and the "death of the subject" to consider more positively how philosophy can be practiced and the human self
This book has two main and connected themes - the conception and articulation of time in the Greek world and the creation of history, especially in the context of the Greek city. Both how time is exp
"Time travel doesn't take a machine with flashing lights, spinning dials, and a warp engine--in fact, you were born with the power to navigate the timestream. Impossible? Not with the help of Dr. Quan
Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is both fleeting yet momentously eventful, even epoch-makingly significant. In this book Koral Ward i
Among Ibn 'Arabi's most controversial theories is the "oneness of being," a concept which is imbued with questions about the character of time and its relationship with the cosmos and its relationship
The Images of Time presents a philosophical investigation of the nature of time and the mind's ways of representing it. Robin Le Poidevin examines how we perceive time and change, the means by which
How does time pass? Does time itself move, or is time's passage merely an illusion? Analytic philosophers belong, for the most part, to one of two camps on this question: the tensed camp, which defend
How does time pass? Does time itself move, or is time's passage merely an illusion? Analytic philosophers belong, for the most part, to one of two camps on this question: the tensed camp, which defen
This is a comprehensive investigation into the theme of time in the work of Jacques Derrida and shows how temporality is one of the hallmarks of his thought. Drawing on a wide array of Derrida's texts
In Time After Time, David Wood accepts, without pessimism, the broad postmodern idea of the end of time. Wood exposes the rich, stratified, and non-linear textures of temporal complexity that characte
This ambitious book explores the relationship between time and history and shows how an appreciation of long-term time helps to make sense of the past. The book is devoted to a wide-ranging analysis o
This fascinating work begins with a scientific appraisal of time and its relationship with 3D space. It explains in clear, understandable language, the complex theories of such famous men as Newton, E
Internationally recognized specialist in the interdisciplinary study of time, Fraser has compiled 22 of his essays, most of them first published between 1978-2006. Their topics include the natural his
Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamental questions about its nature: Is it real or an aspect of consciousness? Did it begin along with the universe? Can anything es
Rory Fox challenges the traditional understanding that Thomas Aquinas believed that God exists totally outside of time. His study investigates the work of several mid-thirteenth-century writers, inclu
