ABSTRACT

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and critique.

part |1 pages

Part I The finite and the infinite

chapter |12 pages

Dialogue 1 The beginning of time

chapter |10 pages

Dialogue 4 Eternity

part |1 pages

Part II Time and identity

chapter |9 pages

Dialogue 5 The problem of change

chapter |31 pages

Dialogue 6 The passage of time

chapter |17 pages

Dialogue 7 Personal identity

chapter |10 pages

Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time

part |1 pages

Part III The nature of freedom

chapter |14 pages

Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time

chapter |15 pages

Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom

chapter |2 pages

Appendix Physical time and the universe

chapter |2 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |2 pages

THE STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF LIGHT

chapter |2 pages

THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY

chapter |2 pages

NOTES

chapter |3 pages

COSMIC TIME

chapter |1 pages

PARALLEL TIME-SERIES

chapter |2 pages

TREE TIME

chapter |2 pages

INTERSECTING TIME

chapter |1 pages

SPLITTING TIME

chapter |2 pages

CLOSED TIME

chapter |2 pages

A CYCLICAL HISTORY IN LINEAR TIME

chapter |2 pages

A REVERSING HISTORY IN LINEAR TIME

chapter |6 pages

TIME-TRAVEL INTO THE PAST

chapter |2 pages

CONCLUSION

chapter |1 pages

STUDY QUESTIONS

chapter |2 pages

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