Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Time

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Time
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1519
Release: 2021-03-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429685262

Reissuing five works originally published between 1937 and 1991, this collection contains books addressing the subject of time, from a mostly philosophic point of view but also of interest to those in the science and mathematics worlds. These texts are brought back into print in this small set of works addressing how we think about time, the history of the philosophy of time, the measurement of time, theories of relativity and discussions of the wider thinking about time and space, among other aspects. One volume is a thorough bibliography collating references on the subject of time across many disciplines.

Time and Its Importance in Modern Thought

Time and Its Importance in Modern Thought
Author: M. F. Cleugh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-06-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781138394032

Originally published in 1937. This book is a classic work on the philosophy of time, looking at the pshychology, physics and logic of time before investigating the views of Kant, Bergson, Alexander, McTaggart and Dunne. The second half of the book contains more indepth consideration of prediction, the concepts of past and future, and reality.

The Structure of Time

The Structure of Time
Author: W. H. Newton-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429670346

Originally published in 1980. What is time? How is its structure determined? The enduring controversy about the nature and structure of time has traditionally been a diametrical argument between those who see time as a container into which events are placed, and those for whom time cannot exist without events. This controversy between the absolutist and the relativist theories of time is a central theme of this study. The author's impressive arguments provide grounds for rejecting both these theories, firstly by establishing that ‘empty’ time is possible, and secondly by showing, through a discussion of the structure of time which involves considering whether time might be cyclical, branching, beginning or non-beginning, that the absolutist theory of time is untenable. This book then advances two new theories, and succeeds in shifting the traditional debate about time to a consideration of time as a theoretical structure and as a theoretical framework.

Routledge Library Editions

Routledge Library Editions
Author: Routledge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1518
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781138393974

Reissuing five works originally published between 1937 and 1991, this collection contains books addressing the subject of time, from a mostly philosophic point of view but also of interest to those in the science and mathematics worlds. These texts are brought back into print in this small set of works addressing how we think about time, the history of the philosophy of time, the measurement of time, theories of relativity and discussions of the wider thinking about time and space, among other aspects. One volume is a thorough bibliography collating references on the subject of time across many disciplines.

A Treatise on Time and Space

A Treatise on Time and Space
Author: J. R. Lucas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429685165

Originally published in 1976. This comprehensive study discusses in detail the philosophical, mathematical, physical, logical and theological aspects of our understanding of time and space. The text examines first the many different definitions of time that have been offered, beginning with some of the puzzles arising from our awareness of the passage of time and shows how time can be understood as the concomitant of consciousness. In considering time as the dimension of change, the author obtains a transcendental derivation of the concept of space, and shows why there has to be only one dimension of time and three of space, and why Kant was not altogether misguided in believing the space of our ordinary experience to be Euclidean. The concept of space-time is then discussed, including Lorentz transformations, and in an examination of the applications of tense logic the author discusses the traditional difficulties encountered in arguments for fatalism. In the final sections he discusses eternity and the beginning and end of the universe. The book includes sections on the continuity of space and time, on the directedness of time, on the differences between classical mechanics and the Special and General theories of relativity, on the measurement of time, on the apparent slowing down of moving clocks, and on time and probability.

John Locke

John Locke
Author: M. V. C. Jeffreys
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000103943

Originally published in 1967. Locke's views in the field of education had great influence in the UK and abroad; and the aim of this book is to present them in the context of his general philosophical thinking, since it was mainly as a philosopher that Locke won his place in history. Because Locke was at the same time very much a man of affairs, and an interesting character on his own merits, the book gives a fairly full account of his life and times. Some attention is paid to his relations with the brilliant political adventurer, Lord Shaftesbury, without whom Locke's own career would have been very different, and might not have offered the opportunities which led to his writings on education. The book seeks to emphasize the importance of Locke's empirical approach to truth - the method of modern science, without which the modern study of education, and the science of psychology in particular, would never have developed.

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2864
Release: 2021-07-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 131552144X

Philosophical themes as diverse as language, value, mind and God are among the topics discussed in this set of 11 books, originally published between 1963 and 1991. Specific volumes cover the following: The relation between persuasion and truth criticism of linguistic philosophy, questions about the nature of thought and ontological questions in general.

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 3282
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1315457881

This set of 21 volumes, originally published between 1955 and 1997, amalgamates several topics on the philosophy of education, with a particular focus on religious education, curriculum studies, and critical thinking. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject and will be of particular interest to students of philosophy, education and those undertaking teaching qualifications.

Routledge Library Editions: Aristotle

Routledge Library Editions: Aristotle
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1990
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317380576

Reissuing works originally published between 1938 and 1993, this set offers a range of scholarship covering Aristotle’s logic, virtues and mathematics as well as a consideration of De Anima and of his work on physics, specifically light. The first two books are in themselves a pair, which investigate the philosopher’s life and his lost works and development of his thought.

Routledge Library Editions: Continental Philosophy

Routledge Library Editions: Continental Philosophy
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2448
Release: 2021-06-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 135160225X

This 11-volume set reissues a host of classic titles on Continental Philosophy. Written by leading scholars in the field, they form an essential reference resource that tackles philosophers and subjects such as Deleuze, Derrida, hermeneutics and phenomenology.