Space and Time: A Priori and A Posteriori Studies

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Space and Time

A Priori and A Posteriori Studies

Edited by: Vincenzo Fano , Francesco Orilia and Giovanni Macchia

Volume 54 in the series Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110348927

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About this book

This collection focuses on the ontology of space and time. It is centred on the idea that the issues typically encountered in this area must be tackled from a multifarious perspective, paying attention to both a priori and a posteriori considerations. Several experts in this area contribute to this volume:
G. Landini discusses how Russell’s conception of time features in his general philosophical perspective; D. Dieks proposes a middle course between substantivalist and relationist accounts of space-time; P. Graziani argues that it is necessary to provide an account of the “synthetic procedures” implicit in the recourse to diagrams in Euclid’s Elements, while E. Mares comes to the conclusion that in Euclid’s Elements we should treat the parallel postulate as empirical and the postulate that space is continuous as a priori.
M. Arsenijević/M. Adžić present an important formal result concerning two theories of the infinite two-dimensional continua, which sheds new light on the current dispute between gunkologists and pointilists; F. Orilia discusses two problems for presentism, one regarding the duration of the present and the other related to Zeno’s paradoxes. A. Iacona delves deep into logical matters by focusing on the so-called T×W modal frames in order to deal with the deteterminism-indeterminism controversy. D. Mancuso outlines a non-standard temporal model compatible with time travel, and V. Fano/G. Macchia discuss time travels in the light of an important foundational principle of modern cosmology, Weyl’s Principle.

Author / Editor information

V. Fano, University of Urbino; F. Orilia, University of Macerata, Italy; G. Macchia, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

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EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION Vincenzo Fano, Francesco Orilia and Giovanni Macchia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ON RUSSELL’S METAPHYSICS OF TIME Gregory Landini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
WEAK DISCERNIBILITY AND THE IDENTITY OF SPACETIME POINTS Dennis Dieks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
A STRUCTURAL AND FOUNDATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EUCLID’S PLANE GEOMETRY: THE CASE STUDY OF CONTINUITY Pierluigi Graziani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
CAN THE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE OF SPACE BE KNOWN A PRIORI? A TALE OF TWO POSTULATES Edwin Mares Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
GUNKOLOGY AND POINTILISM: TWO MUTUALLY SUPERVENING MODELS OF THE REGION–BASED AND THE POINT-BASED THEORY OF THE INFINITE TWODIMENSIONAL CONTINUUM Miloš Arsenijević and Miloš Adžić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
THIS MOMENT AND THE NEXT MOMENT Francesco Orilia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
T×W EPISTEMIC MODALITY Andrea Iacona Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
TOWARDS A THEORY OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL TIME TRAVEL Domenico Mancuso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
GÖDELIAN TIME TRAVEL AND WEYL’S PRINCIPLE Vincenzo Fano and Giovanni Macchia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
About the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Philosophers, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Main content: 285
Keywords: Metaphysics; Philosophy of Physics

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Published: May 21, 2014
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Published: June 26, 2017
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