Time, Change and Freedom: An Introduction to Metaphysics / Edition 1

by L. Nathan Oaklander, Quentin Smith

Overview

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and critique.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415102483
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/20/1995
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Quentin Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. L. Nathan Oaklander is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I The finite and the infinite Dialogue 1 The beginning of time Dialogue 2 The infinity of past and future time Dialogue 3 The relational and substantival theories of time Dialogue 4 Eternity Part II Time and identity Dialogue 5 The problem of change Dialogue 6 The passage of time Dialogue 7 Personal identity Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time Part III The nature of freedom Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom Dialogue 11 Freedom, determinism and responsibility

Editorial Reviews

'... address topics that intersect both metaphysics and science in ways that ... shed light on their troubled relationship.' - Philosophia

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