Semantics, Tense, and Time: An Essay in the Metaphysics of Natural Language

by Ludlow, Peter
ISBN: 9780262122191
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According to Peter Ludlow, there is a very close relation between the structure of natural language and that of reality, and one can gain insights into long-standing metaphysical questions by studying the semantics of natural language. In this book Ludlow uses the metaphysics of time as a case study and focuses on the dispute between A-theorists and B-theorists about the nature of time. According to B-theorists, there is no genuine change, but a permanent sequence of events ordered by an earlier-than/later-than relation. According to the version of the A-theory adopted by Ludlow (a position sometimes called presentism), there are not past or future events or times; what makes something past or future is how the world stands right now.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Ludlow, Peter
  • ISBN: 9780262122191
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.25 x 0.93
  • Number Of Pages: 252
  • Publication Year: 1999

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