Time, Tense, and Reference
Time, Tense, and Reference Books
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Among the many branches of philosophy, the philosophy of time and the philosophy of language are more intimately interconnected than most, yet their practitioners have long pursued independent paths. This book helps to bridge the gap between the two groups. As it makes clear, it is increasingly trying to do philosophy of language without any metaphysical commitments as to the nature of time, and it is equally trying to resolve the metaphysical question of whether time is tensed or tenseless independently of the philosophy of language. Indeed, one is tempted to see philosophy of language and metaphysics as a continuum with no sharp boundary. The essays, which were written expressly for this book by leading philosophers of language and philosophers of time, discuss the philosophy of language and its implications for the philosophy of time and vice versa. The aim is not only to further dialogue between philosophers of language and of time but also to bestow new theories to advance the state of knowledge in the two fields. The essays are organized in two sections — one on the philosophy of tensed language, the other on the metaphysics of time.
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I am sure this must be a excellent book. The philosophy of time is an fascinating topic—if you know the basics and the vocabulary used in the discussion. I don’t. And so I was unable to get anywhere with this book. There surely exist elementary texts on this theme, but the bestow book is not one of them. Unless you know the vocabulary, look elsewhere for your reading material. The authors don’t help the reader. They are talking to each other, professor to professor, not professor to layperson.
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