This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to relationism, passage is nothing over and above the succession of events, one thing coming after another. Causally related events are temporally arranged as they happen one after another along observers’ worldlines. There is no unique global passage but a multiplicity of local passages of time. After setting out this positive argument for relationism, the author deals with five common objections to it: (a) triviality of deflationary passage, (b) a-directionality of passage, (c) the impossibility of experiencing passage, (d) fictionalism about passage, and (e) the incompatibility of passage with perduring objects.Relational Passage of Time will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of time, metaphysics, and philosophy of physics.

This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to relationism, passage is nothing over and above the succession of events, one thing coming after another. Causally related events are temporally arranged as they happen one after another along observers’ worldlines. There is no unique global passage but a multiplicity of local passages of time. After setting out this positive argument for relationism, the author deals with five common objections to it: (a) triviality of deflationary passage, (b) a-directionality of passage, (c) the impossibility of experiencing passage, (d) fictionalism about passage, and (e) the incompatibility of passage with perduring objects.Relational Passage of Time will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of time, metaphysics, and philosophy of physics.

This book contextualizes David Hume’s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume’s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition.Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein’s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics’ relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume’s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume’s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz.Demonstrating above all Hume’s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume’s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume''s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume''s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein''s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics'' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume''s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume''s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz. Demonstrating above all Hume''s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume''s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume''s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume''s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein''s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics'' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume''s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume''s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz. Demonstrating above all Hume''s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume''s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume’s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume’s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition.Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein’s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics’ relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume’s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume’s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz.Demonstrating above all Hume’s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume’s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to relationism, passage is nothing over and above the succession of events, one thing coming after another. Causally related events are temporally arranged as they happen one after another along observers’ worldlines. There is no unique global passage but a multiplicity of local passages of time. After setting out this positive argument for relationism, the author deals with five common objections to it: (a) triviality of deflationary passage, (b) a-directionality of passage, (c) the impossibility of experiencing passage, (d) fictionalism about passage, and (e) the incompatibility of passage with perduring objects.Relational Passage of Time will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of time, metaphysics, and philosophy of physics.

This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to relationism, passage is nothing over and above the succession of events, one thing coming after another. Causally related events are temporally arranged as they happen one after another along observers’ worldlines. There is no unique global passage but a multiplicity of local passages of time. After setting out this positive argument for relationism, the author deals with five common objections to it: (a) triviality of deflationary passage, (b) a-directionality of passage, (c) the impossibility of experiencing passage, (d) fictionalism about passage, and (e) the incompatibility of passage with perduring objects.Relational Passage of Time will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of time, metaphysics, and philosophy of physics.

This book contextualizes David Hume’s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume’s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition.Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein’s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics’ relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume’s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume’s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz.Demonstrating above all Hume’s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume’s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume''s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume''s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein''s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics'' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume''s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume''s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz. Demonstrating above all Hume''s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume''s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume''s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume''s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein''s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics'' relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume''s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume''s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz. Demonstrating above all Hume''s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume''s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.

This book contextualizes David Hume’s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume’s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition.Drawing on Cartesian cosmology and Einstein’s special relativity, and taking in topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature, metaphysics of forces, mathematics’ relation to nature, and the concepts of space and time, this book deepens our understanding of Hume’s relation to natural philosophy. It does so in addition by situating Hume’s thought within the context of other major philosophers and scientists, including Descartes, Locke, Boyle, Kant, Newton, and Leibniz.Demonstrating above all Hume’s understanding of the fluid relationship between philosophy and science, Hume’s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science will provide new insights for historians and philosophers of science.