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Aristotle on time : a study of the physics /
"Aristotle's definition of time as 'a number of motion with respect to the before and after' has been branded as patently circular by commentators ranging from Simplicius to W.D. Ross. In this book Tony Roark presents an interpretation of the definition that renders it not only n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011, ©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- PART I. TIMES NEW AND OLD: 1. McTaggart's systems; 2. Countenancing the Doxai
- PART II. THE MASTER OF TIME: MOTION: 3. Time is not motion; 4. Aristotelian motion; 5. "The before and after in motion"
- PART III. THE FORM OF TIME: PERCEPTION: 6. Number and perception; 7. On a moment's notice; 8. The role of imagination; 9. Time and the common perceptibles; 10. The hylomorphic interpretation illustrated
- PART IV. SIMULTANEITY AND TEMPORAL PASSAGE: 11. Simultaneity and other temporal relations; 12. Temporal passage; 13. Dissolving the puzzles of IV.10; 14. Concluding summary and historical significance.