Uwe Scheffler – författare

This text deals with the problem of time from different perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. It contains 18 previously unpublished papers, written by philosophers from various European countries, as well as a large introduction about the history and the main situation in the respective fields today. The prominent issues which are addressed in this book concern the direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of reasoning about time. The papers have been written based on different approaches, partly depending on whether the authors subscribe to an A-theory or a B-theory of time.

One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants. It begins with an extensive introduction describing the historical, logical and philosophical background of the problems dealt with in the essays. Among the topics treated in the essays is the relationship between laws of nature and causal laws as well as the role of ceteris paribus clauses in scientific explanations. Traditionally, the problem of the unity of science was intimately connected to the problem of understanding the unity of nature. This fourth volume of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science tackles these problems as part of our consideration of the most fundamental aspects of scientific understanding.

Musik und Strafrecht scheint auf den ersten Blick ein Begriffspaar ohne näheren Zusammenhang zu sein. Die Beiträge dieses Buches verknüpfen aber beide Themen, indem sie die Konflikte beleuchten, in denen die Musik als Kunstform strafrechtlich Anstoß erregt oder umgekehrt rechtlich anstößig angegangen wird: Sie kann nämlich sowohl aktiv „Täter" (z.B. durch beleidigende Texte) als auch passiv „Opfer" (etwa bei Plagiaten) von Delikten sein. Zwischen Musik und Strafrecht steht in diesem Band somit die Kunstfreiheit als „Vermittler" im Mittelpunkt und ist zentraler Bestandteil der Diskussion über das Verhältnis dieser beiden Welten. Zwischen diesen Sphären stehen noch die Fälle‚ in denen Kriminalität als Inspiration der Musik dient. Der Lehrstuhl für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht und Kriminologie von Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Scheffler befasst sich seit Jahren mit dem Thema „Kunst und Strafrecht", das breite Spektrum der Beiträge dieses Werkes zeigt den Facettenreichtum dieser Forschung.

Perspectives on Time deals with the problem of time from different perspectives such as logic, physics and philosophy. It contains 18 previously unpublished papers, written by philosophers from various European countries, as well as a large introduction about the history and the main situation in the respective fields today. The prominent issues which are addressed in this book concern the direction of time, the reality of tenses, the objectivity of becoming, the existence in time, and the logical structures of reasoning about time. The papers have been written based on different approaches, partly depending on whether the authors subscribe to an A-theory or a B-theory of time. Audience: Due to the broad variety of approaches the book contains important contributions both for philosophers, philosophers of science, logicians and for scientists working in the field of language and AI.