Concept of Time

R. Teichmann

ISBN 10: 0333645502 / ISBN 13: 9780333645505

Published by SPRINGER NATURE Sep 1995, 1995

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Concept of Time deals with tense and tenselessness; periods and instants; the measurement of time; time, change and causation. The author attempts to show how considerations in the philosophy of logic and language are needed to settle many of the issues here. For example, the debate about tenselessness turns out to hinge largely on whether a genuinely tense-free language is conceivable; and the possibility of time without change is grounded in what makes duration-statements have the sense they do. 196 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Concept of Time
• Publisher: SPRINGER NATURE Sep 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333645502
• ISBN 13: 9780333645505
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 413 grams

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Synopsis

The Concept of Time deals with tense and tenselessness; periods and instants; the measurement of time; time, change and causation. The author attempts to show how considerations in the philosophy of logic and language are needed to settle many of the issues here. For example, the debate about tenselessness turns out to hinge largely on whether a genuinely tense-free language is conceivable; and the possibility of time without change is grounded in what makes duration-statements have the sense they do.

About the Author

ROGER TEICHMANN