Semantics, Tense, and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language

Ludlow, Professor Of Philosophy Peter

ISBN 10: 0262122197 / ISBN 13: 9780262122191

Published by Bradford Book, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semantics, Tense, and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262122197
• ISBN 13: 9780262122191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

According to Peter Ludlow, there is a very close relation between the structure of natural language and that of reality, and one can gain insights into long-standing metaphysical questions by studying the semantics of natural language. In this book Ludlow uses the metaphysics of time as a case study and focuses on the dispute between A-theorists and B-theorists about the nature of time. According to B-theorists, there is no genuine change, but a permanent sequence of events ordered by an earlier-than/later-than relation. According to the version of the A-theory adopted by Ludlow (a position sometimes called presentism), there are not past or future events or times; what makes something past or future is how the world stands right now.

About the Author

Peter Ludlow is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.