The moving spotlight : an essay on time and ontology /

Ross P. Cameron argues that the flow of time is a genuine feature of reality, and defends a version of the Moving Spotlight theory: the view that past and future beings are real, but there is nonetheless an objectively privileged present. He goes on to defend an account of the open future: what will...

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Essay on time and ontology
1. Verfasser:
Cameron, Ross P.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Ross P. Cameron argues that the flow of time is a genuine feature of reality, and defends a version of the Moving Spotlight theory: the view that past and future beings are real, but there is nonetheless an objectively privileged present. He goes on to defend an account of the open future: what will happen is, as yet, undetermined.
Umfang:
1 online resource (230 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-102229-2
0-19-178172-X
0-19-102228-4
Schlagworte:
Time > Philosophy.
Presentism (Philosophy)
Ontology.
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