Timely Topics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 27, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780333614914
Subjects: Metaphysics & ontology; Time (chronology); Space and time
Description: Basic yet familiar and non-technical features of time are investigated. Two novel and detailed arguments are advanced defending the common view that 'time rolls relentlessly'. A number of hitherto neglected but important differences between spatio-temporal location and every other physical property are discussed.

Also explored are the locations of circular time; the uniformity of nature, temporal positions and possible worlds, as well as the famous, unresolved problem, 'Why do we know so much more about the past than about the future?'. For those who wish to delve deeper, a portion of the book consists of problems to ponder and their possible solutions.
Notes: Macmillan Studies in Contemporary Philosophy