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"Indispensable... it's very difficult to see how the job of introducing time and space to the philosophically interested could have been better done." --Philosophical Books
"An immensely rich and informative discussion. It should be on all space and time reading lists, both for philosophers and for physicists." --Robin Le Poidevin, Philosophy
"An impressive work which deserves a wide audience." --Graham Nerlich, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
"An immensely rich and informative discussion. It should be on all space and time reading lists, both for philosophers and for physicists." --Robin Le Poidevin, Philosophy
"An impressive work which deserves a wide audience." --Graham Nerlich, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
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The first edition (2001) quickly established itself on courses on the philosophy of time and space. This fully revised and expanded new edition sees the addition of chapters on Zeno's paradoxes, speculative contemporary developments in physics, and dynamic time, making the second edition, once again, unrivalled in its breadth of coverage. Surveying both historical debates and the ideas of modern physics, Barry Dainton evaluates the central arguments in a clear and unintimidating way and is careful to keep the conceptual issues throughout comprehensible to students with little scientific or mathematical training. The book makes the philosophy of space and time accessible for anyone trying to come to grips with the complexities of this challenging subject. With over 100 original line illustrations and a full glossary of terms, the book has the requirements of students firmly in sight and will continue to serve as an essential textbook for philosophy of time and space courses.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I do quite a bit of lecturing in the philosophy of space and time, and I think that this is a really fine book in its field. I can recommend Dainton's 'Time and Space' wholeheartedly to anyone interested in these areas - whether student, lecturer or generally interested reader. Dainton does a first-rate job of introducing all the major issues in modern analytic philosophy of space and time and he does so without overdoing the technicalities or talking down to his audience. (Which is no mean feat.) You name it, it's here - McTaggart on the unreality of time, Newton and Leibniz on the nature of space, David Lewis on time-travel, Kant on incongruent counterparts, plus wormholes, persistence, curved spaces and strings (to name but a few). This book is a great teaching aid too - full of useful examples, illustrations, suggestions for further reading and web-resources. (If you're interested in these topics, you might like to read this book in conjunction with Philip Turetzky's 'Time' from Routledge and Wesley C. Salmon's anthology 'Zeno's Paradoxes' from Hackett.)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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8 Feb 2008
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I am currently writing a novel that includes time-travel, and wanted to get it right. This lead me on a quest to find good books on the subject of time and this turned out to be one of the best. It is a clearly written, well-organized, exhaustively-researched, and deeply thought-out from both the philosophical and scientific points of view. Though Dainton limits himself somewhat (with good reason) it is the most comprehensive and well-explained book of its kind I've found. He uses very little jargon and includes a glossary for those of us who haven't taken the prerequisite courses. It has wide-breath and could be used as a textbook covering the ideas of many thinkers in the field. Somehow, he even made McTaggart comprehensible. I believe one chapter reflects more of Dainton's own research and that is the one that deals with consciousness. I found it so fascinating I ordered Dainton's new book, "Stream of Consciousness."
I didn't buy this book at first because there are no editorial reviews here on Amazon (as of 2/8/08) and no search inside. As it happens though, "Time and Space," was recommended in the forward of another book I was reading, "Travels in Four Dimensions," by Robin Le Poidevin (good but not as clear and comprehensive as this one).
If you'd like to search inside this book, I found you can do it in Google Books and while you're there you can read a peer review on the back jacket.
I didn't buy this book at first because there are no editorial reviews here on Amazon (as of 2/8/08) and no search inside. As it happens though, "Time and Space," was recommended in the forward of another book I was reading, "Travels in Four Dimensions," by Robin Le Poidevin (good but not as clear and comprehensive as this one).
If you'd like to search inside this book, I found you can do it in Google Books and while you're there you can read a peer review on the back jacket.
10 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A comprehensive guide to theories of time and space
22 July 2006
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Well, fairly comprehensive. There is no mention of the crucial ideas of Henri Bergson (Relativity and Simultaneity, Time and Free Will, etc.), who basically debunked relativity as a merely mathematical tool with no real physical consequences.
But other than that ommission, this is about the most thorough book on the subject of time that I've ever read (and I've read a LOT of books on the subject of time). If you're time-haunted person, then this book is a must-have.
But other than that ommission, this is about the most thorough book on the subject of time that I've ever read (and I've read a LOT of books on the subject of time). If you're time-haunted person, then this book is a must-have.
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