![]() | The Structure of Time Subjects: Humanities; Mathematics & Statistics; History & Philosophy of Mathematics; History; Philosophy; Applied Mathematics; Intellectual History; History of Philosophy; Logic - Philosophy; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Science; Mathematical Physics; Thermodynamics; Originally published in 1980. What is time? How is its structure determined? The enduring controversy about the nature and structure of time has traditionally been a diametrical argument between those who see time as a container into which events are placed, and those for whom time cannot exist without events. This controversy between the absolutist and the relativist theories of time is a central theme of this study. The author's impressive arguments provide grounds for rejecting both these theories, firstly by establishing that 'empty' time is possible, and secondly by showing, through a discussion of the structure of time which involves considering whether time might be cyclical, branching, beginning or non-beginning, that the absolutist theory of time is untenable. This book then advances two new theories, and succeeds in shifting the traditional debate about time to a consideration of time as a theoretical structure and as a theoretical framework. |
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