Screen LibrarySpace and time : a priori and a posteriori studies /
The articles in this volume focus on the ontology of space and time, including the themes of substantivalism vs. relationism, continuity vs. discreteness, and time travel. In the current debate on these issues, there is a tendency to separate too rigidly between a priori and a posteriori approaches....
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophische analyse / philosophical analysis;
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| Summary: |
The articles in this volume focus on the ontology of space and time, including the themes of substantivalism vs. relationism, continuity vs. discreteness, and time travel. In the current debate on these issues, there is a tendency to separate too rigidly between a priori and a posteriori approaches. This volume aims to bridge the gap between these two perspectives, showing the fruitfulness of combining them to the greatest extent possible. |
| Carrier Form: |
1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110348927 |
| Index Number: | BD632 |
| CLC: | B016.9 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- EDITORS INTRODUCTION / ON RUSSELL S METAPHYSICS OF TIME / WEAK DISCERNIBILITY AND THE IDENTITY OF SPACETIME POINTS / A STRUCTURAL AND FOUNDATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EUCLID S PLANE GEOMETRY: THE CASE STUDY OF CONTINUITY / CAN THE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE OF SPACE BE KNOWN A PRIORI? A TALE OF TWO POSTULATES / GUNKOLOGY AND POINTILISM: TWO MUTUALLY SUPERVENING MODELS OF THE REGION BASED AND THE POINT-BASED THEORY OF THE INFINITE TWODIMENSIONAL CONTINUUM / THIS MOMENT AND THE NEXT MOMENT / T W EPISTEMIC MODALITY / TOWARDS A THEORY OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL TIME TRAVEL / G DELIAN TIME TRAVEL AND WEYL S PRINCIPLE / About the authors. |