148 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This book defends a relational theory of the passage of time. The realist view of passage developed in this book differs from the robust, substantivalist position. According to relationism, passage is nothing over and above the succession of events, one thing coming after another. Causally related events are temporally arranged as they happen one after another along observers’ worldlines. There... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The positive argument
Chapter 1. Relational, not substantial passage
Part II. Answering objections
Chapter 1. Relational passage is neither trivial nor question-begging
Chapter 2. Passage is directed
Chapter 3. We experience and misconceive passage
Chapter 4. Passage is not a fiction
Chapter 5. Time passes amidst perduring objects
Conclusion: Final thoughts
Biography
Matias Slavov is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow at Tampere University, Finland. He is the author of Hume’s Natural Philosophy and Philosophy of Physical Science (2020).
