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Philosophies of space and time
2003, University Press of America
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0761827323 9780761827320
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Table of Contents
Classical concepts of space and time. The concept of space in antiquity / Max Jammer
Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus / James N. Jordan
The atomists / James N. Jordan
On nature / Gorgias
The innate knowledge of geometrical truth / Plato
Time / Aristotle
Post Aristotelian analyses of space and time. Matter and space / Lucretius
Time and eternity / Plotinus
What then is time? / Augustine
Space and time in the modern period. Space and extension / René Descartes
Absolute space and time / Isaac Newton
Relative space and time / Gottfried Leibniz
Contemporary perspectives and issues. The relativity of time and space / Richard Taylor
Flatland / Edwin A. Abbott
Space and time / Richard Taylor
Newton and the infinite static universe / Alan H. Guth
Understanding the cosmos / Bertrand Russell
The plane truth / Isaac Asimov
Space shapes / Howard K. Congden
Fatalism / Richard Taylor
Must the future be what it is going to be? / R.D. Bradley
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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