Debates in the Metaphysics of Time

L. Nathan Oaklander is David M. French Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Metaphysics and TimeA. Is there a coherent debate in the Metaphysics of Time? 1. Dolev’s Anti-Metaphysical Realism: A Critique, L. Nathan Oaklander 2. Motion and Passage - The Old B-Theory and Phenomenology, Yuval Dolev3. Two Metaphysical Perspectives on the Duration of the Present, Francesco OriliaB. Temporal Succession, Temporal Becoming and the Analysis of Change4. Temporal Succession and Tense, Erwin Tegtmeier 5. Becoming: Temporal, Absolute and Atemporal, M. Oreste Fiocco6. Temporal Predicates and the Passage of Time, M. Joshua MozerskyPart II Consciousness and Time7. Physical Time, Phenomenal Time, and the Symmetry of Nature, Michael Pelczar8. Extensionalism, Atomism and Continuity, Geoffrey Lee9. Continuity, Flow and Symmetries: Replies to Lee and Pelczar, Barry DaintonPart III God, Time and Human Freedom10. Divine Events, Joseph Diekemper11. Instants, Events and God, Brian Leftow12. Foreknowledge and Fatalism: Why Divine Timelessness Doesn’t Help, Alan R. Rhoda13. Foreknowledge Dilemma: Response to Rhoda, Katherin A. RogersIndex

This lively and diverse collection discusses several central issues in contemporary philosophy of time and argues for a number of novel conclusions ... Oaklander has once again succeeded in editing a volume that anyone working in the philosophy of time is encouraged to read.