Absolute Time: Rifts in Early Modern British Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780198807933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Emily Thomas

Opis

What is time? This is one of the most fundamental questions we can ask. Emily Thomas explores how a new theory of time emerged in the seventeenth century. The 'absolute' theory of time held that it is independent of material bodies or human minds, so even if nothing else existed (with the possible exception of God) there would be time.

Recenzje

this is a fascinating book. Whether you agree or disagree with any particular thesis in it, it will make you rethink, look afresh at familiar writings, and with interest at unfamiliar ones

O autorze

Emily Thomas is Assistant Professor in Philosphy at Durham University. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge (2013) and held a postdoc at the University of Groningen (2013-2016) before arriving at Durham. She mostly works on space and time in the history of philosophy, and is especially fond of excavating the work of philosophically rich but understudied figures.