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The idea that time does not exist is, for many, unthinkable: time must exist. Almost every experience we have tells us so. There has been plenty of debate around what time is like, but not whether it exists. The goal of this book is to make the absence of time thinkable. Time might not exist. Beginning with an empirically flavoured examination of the 'folk' concept of time, the book explores the implications this has for our understanding of agency, and the extent to which our best physics and best metaphysics are compatible with a timeless conception of reality.
This book investigates the philosophical possibility that time does not exist, challenging the intuitive assumption that temporal progression is a fundamental feature of reality. The authors, Jonathan Tallant, Kristie Miller, and Samuel Baron, utilize a combination of conceptual analysis and contemporary physical theory to construct a framework for a timeless universe. They examine how human agency and metaphysical structures might function in the absence of time, providing a rigorous defense of the B-theory and related non-temporal models.
What You Will Find
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Experts in analytic philosophy recognize this work as a significant contribution to the ongoing debate regarding the ontology of time. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a strong background in metaphysical terminology to fully grasp the authors' arguments.
Page Count:
280
Publication Date:
2022-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
0192688278
ISBN-13:
9780192688279
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