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USDCurrent 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.
- Offers a different approach by giving a place to emotion in its account of the meaning of tensed language
- Understands what have traditionally been thought of as 'metaphysical' or 'ontological' disputes in ethical terms
- Contains an extended discussion of the character of historical knowledge
Reviews & endorsements
"The book is clearly impressive in its scope and originality. In presenting the debate between the tensed and tenseless theories in an entirely new light, it provides a serious challenge to all who participate in it." Michele C. M. Beer, International Philosophical Quarterly
Product details
November 1997Hardback
9780521592147
370 pages
216 × 140 × 24 mm
0.62kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. Time and Tense:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Under the aspect of eternity
- 3. The view from here
- 4. Memory, emotions and the past
- 5. The role of tense
- 6. Tense and ontology
- 7. The passage of time
- Part II. Past, Present and Future:
- 8. The present
- 9. The reality of the future
- 10. Testimony, history and the real past
- Part III. Time and Eternity:
- 11. Time and eternity in Spinoza and Weil
- Bibliography
- Index.
