Debates in the Metaphysics of Time

This lively and diverse collection discusses several central issues in contemporary philosophy of time and argues for a number of novel conclusions ... Oaklander has once again succeeded in editing a volume that anyone working in the philosophy of time is encouraged to read. * Analysis * Consisting entirely of new material, and with chapters on realism, succession, consciousness and freedom, this book provides a number of helpful insights into contemporary discussions of the metaphysics of time. The material will provide scholars and students alike with a useful resource to help them further explore the nature of time. -- Jonathan Tallant, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, UK

L. Nathan Oaklander is David M. French Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA.

Preface Introduction Part I: Metaphysics and Time A. Is there a coherent debate in the Metaphysics of Time? 1. Dolevs Anti-Metaphysical Realism: A Critique, L. Nathan Oaklander 2. Motion and Passage - The Old B-Theory and Phenomenology, Yuval Dolev 3. Two Metaphysical Perspectives on the Duration of the Present, Francesco Orilia B. Temporal Succession, Temporal Becoming and the Analysis of Change 4. Temporal Succession and Tense, Erwin Tegtmeier 5. Becoming: Temporal, Absolute and Atemporal, M. Oreste Fiocco 6. Temporal Predicates and the Passage of Time, M. Joshua Mozersky Part II Consciousness and Time 7. Physical Time, Phenomenal Time, and the Symmetry of Nature, Michael Pelczar 8. Extensionalism, Atomism and Continuity, Geoffrey Lee 9. Continuity, Flow and Symmetries: Replies to Lee and Pelczar, Barry Dainton Part III God, Time and Human Freedom 10. Divine Events, Joseph Diekemper 11. Instants, Events and God, Brian Leftow 12. Foreknowledge and Fatalism: Why Divine Timelessness Doesnt Help, Alan R. Rhoda 13. Foreknowledge Dilemma: Response to Rhoda, Katherin A. Rogers Index