Behind Time: Incoherence of Time and McTaggart's Atemporal Replacement (Routledge Revivals)

<p>First published in 1998, this volume responded to and evaluated criticisms of McTaggart’s atemporal philosophy of time. Established philosophical positions on time had positioned themselves in relation to either the A Series (past, present and future) or the B Series (earlier and later). McTaggart considered both series untenable and proposed his own, atemporal C Series. Beginning with an overview of McTaggart’s position, Gerald Rochelle attempts to reinforce the seriousness of, and think beyond, McTaggart’s attempt to describe a world without time through an assessment of McTaggart’s criticisms and his suggested alternative. Rochelle argues that McTaggart’s atemporal world constitutes a strong foundation for a new theory on time which breaks away from the existing philosophical models of temporality.</p>

Politics & Social Sciences

Rochelle, Gerald

Philosophy

Routledge

This book presents - in a straightforward, easy-to-understand style - the basics of how to 'do philosophy': what philosophy is, how we can think, the nature of logic, some special terms, etc. Then, using questions and exercises, as well as everyday examples, the book takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour of exciting philosophical topics (as well as the 'standard fare' of logic, epistemology, mind, God, etc.), which also includes ethical, social, scientific, cultural, and human issues (such as time, cosmology, war, animal rights, euthanasia, abortion, genetics, evolution, and the meaning of life). The book's emphasis throughout is that philosophy is accessible to anyone and that, as a subject, philosophy is practical, fascinating, and exciting. By encouraging independent critical thinking and being succinct yet informative, the book involves the reader with: the history, the breadth of subject matter, the skills of philosophizing, and the benefits that philosophy can offer to the enquiring individual. Doing Philosophy accesses major philosophical topics briefly, breaking them down into convenient chunks, with challenging questions throughout and exercise questions at the end of each chapter, and it introduces major thinkers and their ideas. An extensive further reading list is also included to help those who wish to take this absorbing subject further.

Doing Philosophy

Liverpool University Press

The aim of this book is to show how McTaggart's atemporal vision of reality is a serious attempt to describe a coherent world without time. It proposes that the answer to the puzzling nature of time is not to be found in the components of time itself, but in an atemporal reality that lies behind it. McTaggart takes an idealist view that reduces all that is real to spirit, that any expression of reality is dependent on a manifestation of consciousness. McTaggart's argument that time is unreal, has been the subject of much philosophical debate since it first appeared in 1908; but much discussion has ignored McTaggart's positive account of time and concentrated on his negative proof. The author argues that the negative thesis should be separated from the positive account, he attacks the standard approaches to interpreting time and provides a full account of McTaggart's atemporal world. The conclusion is drawn that the timeless world has psychological appeal and can form the basis for an atemporal thinking which can break away from the confusing philosophical models of temporality that often bear little resemblance to our experience of it.

Behind Time: The Incoherence of Time and McTaggart's Atemporal Replacement (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

Ashgate Pub Ltd

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Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Silver Moon Books Ltd, Gainsborough

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Behind Time: Incoherence of Time and McTaggart's Atemporal Replacement (Routledge Revivals)

Behind Time: Incoherence of Time and McTaggart's Atemporal Replacement (Routledge Revivals)

Doing Philosophy

Behind Time: The Incoherence of Time and McTaggart's Atemporal Replacement (Avebury Series in Philosophy)

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