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	Philosophy of space and time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philosophy of space and time is a branch of philosophy which deals with issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology and character of space and time.
		The existence, or otherwise, of time and space is one aspect of the overall ontology that one adopts.
		Reichenbach, Hans (1958) The Philosophy of Space and Time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philosophy_of_time (3774 words)

	Time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Time is also a matter of significant social importance, having economic value ("time is money") as well as personal value, due to an awareness of the limited time in each day and in our lives.
		Leibniz and others thought of time as a fundamental part of an abstract conceptual framework, together with space and number, within which we sequence events, quantify their duration, and compare the motions of objects.
		However, some aspects of time use are relatively stable over long periods of time, such as the amount of time spent traveling to work, which despite major changes in transport, has been observed to be about 20-30 minutes one-way for a large number of cities over a long period of time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Time (2270 words)

	Hans Reichenbach [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		One example of the necessity of an unified theory of space and time is the length contraction, an effect predicted by the theory; this effect shows that the length of a moving rod depends on simultaneity.
		Space and time are relational concepts and we can study their properties because of the existence of physical objects, eg clocks, that realize relationships between space-time entities.
		According to Reichenbach, the causal theory of space and time is the basis for both the theory of relativity and the philosophy of space and time.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/r/reichenb.htm (8071 words)

	The New Theory of Reference Entails Absolute Time and Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is argued in this paper that the NTR carries this entailment; the theory of time is the main focus of the paper and it is argued that the NTR entails the absolutist theory that times are event- independent moments.
		The converse side of this point is that the assessment of the relational and absolute theories of space and time cannot proceed in independence of the philosophy of language, but must take into account the uses of spatial and temporal expressions in counterfactuals.
		Even if the philosophy of space and time is "based strictly on the sciences" and not on "ordinary language", it must take into account, and be consistent with, the uses of temporal and spatial expressions in the counterfactuals that implicitly or explicitly occur in scientific treatises.
	www.qsmithwmu.com /the_new_theory_of_reference_entails_absolute_time_and_space.htm (2225 words)

	Royal Institute of Philosophy Mellor Time Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The reason is that time and space form a four-dimensional array of possibilities -- namely spacetime points -- each of which enables two things to coincide or be in contact, i.e.
		When it is now 6, everything whose time is 7 is one hour into the future, meaning that it will be present in an hour's time; and when, an hour later, it is now 7, everything whose time is 6 is one hour into the past, meaning that it was present one hour ago.
		in The Philosophy of Space and Time, is causation: time is the causal dimension of spacetime.
	www.uwichill.edu.bb /bnccde/ph39c/TimeLives.html (6185 words)

	Space
		In the first half of the course, theories of space will be investigated, which special emphasis placed on the absolute/relational debate on the existence of space (and time): i.e., is space merely the relations among material bodies, or is it a substance or property over and above the existence of objects?
		Thus a philosophy paper is not just a series of opinions spouted by its author, nor a straightforward reporting of events, nor a "book report" or capsule summary of some famous person's views.
		Some of the appropriate techniques are: (1) to assess whether the argument uses key terms properly; (2) to see whether the argument rests on one or more premises that are questionable; and (3) to see whether the argument, if accepted, leads to consequences which do not square with known facts or credible theories.
	course1.winona.edu /eslowik/space.htm (2099 words)

	Syllabus for Space & Time: Plato to Einstein
		The goal is for you to acquire a broad understanding of the major philosophical issues throughout history that have involved the nature of space and time.
		In addition to covering the central issues in the philosophy of space and time, and the significant contributions throughout history, the Kennedy book covers Einstein's special and general relativity, the four-dimensional universe, the possibility of time travel, whether space curves, the big bang, fl holes, and the idea of inflationary and accelerating universes.
		This is a seminar in metaphysics and the philosophy of science which focuses on issues involving space and time.
	www.csus.edu /indiv/d/dowdenb/192d/f04/192d-f04.htm (998 words)

	Royal Institute of Philosophy Mellor Time Lecture
		The reason is that time and space form a four-dimensional array of possibilities - namely spacetime points - each of which enables two things to coincide or be in contact, i.e.
		In other words, what distinguishes time and space from everything else is the fact that people and things can - literally - contact each other by, and only by, being in the same place at the same time.
		The answer, proposed by A. Robb in 1914 in A Theory of Time and Space and elaborated by Hans Reichenbach in 1928 in his The Philosophy of Space and Time, is causation: time is the causal dimension of spacetime.
	www.dspace.cam.ac.uk /bitstream/1810/753/1/TimeLives.html (6203 words)

	Proper Time [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		The latter is a form of positivism, and it holds that the meaning of ‘time’ or ‘space’ in physics is determined entirely by specifying the procedures for measuring time or space.
		Time and space dilation are often referred to as ‘perspective effects’ in discussions of STR.
		The nature of this ‘geometric explanation’ of the connection between space, time, and proper time is one of the most fascinating topics in the philosophy of physics.
	www.iep.utm.edu /ancillaries/Proper-Time.htm (9520 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Time, Space and Philosophy (Philosophical Issues in Science): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Time, Space and Philosophy extends the debate in many areas:absolute simultaneity is examined as well as fl holes, the big bang and even time travel.
		Time, Space and Philosophy will be invaluable to the student of philosophy and science and will be of considerable interest to mathematics students.
		The paradoxical nature of space and the problem of infinitesimals are aspects of a discussion which debates the premises of the work of Newton, Einstein and other scientific giants, presenting these ideas in a philosophical context.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0415032229 (453 words)

	Untitled Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		century philosophers had a difficult time seeing the history from this perspective, because they saw the philosophy of space and time as essentially an argument against Newton, that is, as a struggle of modern epistemology against old-fashioned metaphysics.
		What this book attempts to show is that the best philosophy of space and time—the part that has been decisive in the evolution of physics—has been a connected series of arguments that began with Newton, arguments about how physics must define its conceptions of space and time in empirical terms.
		Rather, it is an account of how concepts of absolute and relative space, time, and motion have come to play the parts that they play in physical theory, and the impact that the construction, refinement, and critical analysis of these concepts has had on the conceptual development of physics.
	publish.uwo.ca /~rdisalle/Preface.html (536 words)

	Time
		Time is the most familiar thing in the world, and yet philosophically one of the most puzzling.
		He is the author of Quantum Mechanics and Experience and Time and Chance and has published many articles on quantum mechanics, mostly in the Physical Review.
		Albert describes the problem of the direction of time in the foundations of physics in terms of billiard balls hitting.
	www.philosophytalk.org /pastShows/Time.htm (631 words)

	HPS 2626 Recent Topics in Philosophy of Physics
		While the literature in philosophy of physics is huge, it turns out that a great deal of it is devoted to just three general problems.
		In traditional developments, two types of time development are distinguished: Schroedinger evolution (spreading of the wave packet) and measurement (collapse of the wave packet).
		Philosophy of Space and Time; Symmetries and Gauges
	www.pitt.edu /AFShome/j/d/jdnorton/public/html/teaching/philphys (3334 words)

	Bioethicist writes terminal-care research guidelines
		The first part examined real space and time as discussed by philosophers and what physicists now believe to be true.
		Bachelard used poetry as evidence for his ideas of space as it is imagined in dreams and daydreams in The Poetics of Space.
		Through Lefebvre’s The Production of Space, students were exposed to a Marxist account of the production of “social space.” The class focused on the different ways in which social spaces are constructed, including the factors that influence the development of social spaces and how this has evolved over time.
	www.emory.edu /EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2003/February/erFeb.10/2_10_03deschene.html (637 words)

	Philosophy through Time & Space
		Time has been studied by philosophers and scientists for 2,500 years, and it is much better understood today than long ago.
		Philosophers discuss whether time travel is possible; whether time had a beginning; whether time is an objective feature of reality or only a product of subjective experience; and whether it is sensible to speak of time flowing.
		Our aim in this book is to trace the evolution of the concepts of physical space and time in Western thought from the Greeks to the contemporary developments in relativity theory.
	www.greenlloyd.com /timespace.htm (509 words)

	phil224 Philosophy of Space and Time (Department of Philosophy, Bowdoin)
		Focuses on the problems of time, but also addresses some questions covering space, and some concerning the general structure of which time and space might be considered interpretations.
		Considers some ancient views (Plato and Aristotle), some early modern views (Newton and Leibniz), and some contemporary disputed questions (e.g., is time to be thought of in such terms as "earlier"/"later" or rather "past"/"present"/"future"?).
		Philosophy 224 Reserve List (no items currently on reserve).
	academic.bowdoin.edu /courses/s04/phil224 (116 words)

	Gallery: Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Tex...
		space, blank = a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing.
		space = one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.
	www.kosmoi.com /Space/Pictures (316 words)

	philosophy of time travel
		The Philosophy Of Time Travel The Philosophy Of Time Travel book that is given to Donnie directly explains most of what happens in the movie.
		But, especially in the philosophy literature, there have been arguments that time travel is inherently paradoxical.
		… Time travel is a fairly new topic of scientific and philosophical investigation.
	www.2lookout.com /philosophy-of-time-travel.html (391 words)

	Ryno's Philosophy of Space and Time Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Note: This page is temporarily serving as the home page for the course 150.433 Philosophy of Space and Time, Spring 1999.
		Also specify that you are in Philosophy of Space and Time, and not my other course.
		However, those sections dealing with the nature of time, matter, place, and motion should be thoroughly studied and analyzed.
	jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu /~ryno/philspacetime.html (704 words)

	PHIL X421: Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter - Cal Poly, SLO
		Of course, you must be willing to learn, at a conceptual level, what contemporary physical theories say concerning space, time, and matter.
		First, although PHIL X421 is being offered for the first time this spring at Cal Poly, courses just like PHIL X421 are routinely taught in phiosophy departments all around the world.
		He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, where he wrote a dissertation titled "Levels of Theory and Types of Theoretical Explanation." The central chapter of his dissertation was a philosophical analysis of Einstein's 1935 derivation of mass-energy equivalence.
	www.calpoly.edu /~fflores/421/421questions.htm (551 words)

	Philosophy 1401, Spring 2004
		But, in other ways, time is unlike space: We can move around in space in any direction we please, but move inexorably forward with the march of time.
		The first set of issues we will discuss concern the question whether time is ‘real.’ Time appears to consist of past, present and future.
		Other topics will include the possibility of backward causation and time travel, and the anisotropy of time.
	www.cas.usf.edu /philosophy/syllabi/sp2004syllabi/phi6934spacetimesp04winsberg.htm (638 words)

	Amazon.com: Space-Perception and the Philosophy of Science: Books: Patrick A. Heelan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Philosophy of Space and Time by Hans Reichenbach
		Its primary aim is to show how, starting in the fifteenth century, certain artifacts were introduced to the European lifeworld which gradually restructured spatial perception so as to make the emergence of the scientific world view in the seventeenth century a natural outcome.
		Its secondary aim is to serve as an exemplar for systematic research in the philosophy of science that stands clearly outside the purview of the dominant analytical/positivist schools."
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520057392?v=glance (581 words)

	Place: Philosophy
		Rose, John M. "The Die is Cast: Boundaries of Time, Boundaries of Space." Backhaus, Gary and John Murungi, eds.
		Philosophy of Space and Time and the Inner Constitution of Nature: A Phenomenological Study
		Ruch, E. Space and Time: A Comparative Study of the Theories of Aristotle and A. Einstein
	pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~janzb/place/philosophy.htm (2972 words)

	PHIL X421: Philosophy of Space, Time, and Matter - Cal Poly, SLO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Laymon, R.(1978) "Newton's Bucket Experiment." Journal of the History of Philosophy 16, pp.
		Stein, H. (1968) "On Einstein-Minkowski Space-time" The Journal of Philosophy (LXV)1.
		Smolin, L. (2004) "Atoms of Space and Time," Scientific American 290(1), pp.66-75.
	www.calpoly.edu /~fflores/421/421syllabus.htm (231 words)

	EDU2 : Level 2
		An Introduction to the Philosophy of Space and Time
		Course Materials / Dept. of Philosophy / Simon Fraser Univ.
		An extensive index to political philosophy on the Net
	www.my-edu2.com /EDU/philos.htm (362 words)

	Philosophy of Physics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For my essays on space and time, see spacetime.index.
		Theory Reduction: the case of the kinetic theory of gases (see Index there)
		(anyone interested in the philosophy of space and time should visit)
	www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp /~suchii/physics.index.html (98 words)

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