| Other Times: Philosophical Perspectives on Past, Present and Future Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cockburn, David (Author), Sosa, Ernest (Editor), Dancy, Jonathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521034086 ISBN-13: 9780521034081 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Current approaches to the question of our position in time--such as those seen in disputes between tensed and tenseless theories, and between realist and anti-realist treatments of past and future--misconstrue the relation between metaphysics and ethics, and the way to characterize the kind of sense which tensed language has. In this original and thought-provoking study, David Cockburn argues that the notion of "reasons for emotion" must have a central place in any account of meaning, and that the present should have no priority in our understanding of tense. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 115 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.04 lbs) 372 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Current approaches to the question of our position in time--such as those seen in disputes between tensed and tenseless theories, and between realist and anti-realist treatments of past and future--misconstrue the relation between metaphysics and ethics, and the way to characterize the kind of sense which tensed language has. In this original and thought-provoking study, David Cockburn argues that the notion of reasons for emotion must have a central place in any account of meaning, and that the present should have no priority in our understanding of tense. |