Philosophies of Space and Time

In Philosophies of Space and Time, Howard Congdon presents a collection of readings from antiquity to the present, showing how philosophers have thought about and understood the concepts of space and time. This examination shows how human thinking has evolved in attempting to answer the questions embedded in the concepts of space and time.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Classical Concepts of Space and Time
The Concept of Space in Antiquity	p. 3
Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus	p. 20
The Atomists	p. 33
On Nature	p. 40
The Innate Knowledge of Geometrical Truth	p. 45
Time	p. 53
Post Aristotelian Analyses of Space and Time
Matter and Space	p. 69
Time and Eternity	p. 83
What Then is Time?	p. 96
Space and Time in the Modern Period
Space and Extension	p. 113
Absolute Space and Time	p. 121
Relative Space and Time	p. 129
Contemporary Perspectives and Issues
The Relativity of Time and Space	p. 141
Flatland	p. 146
Space and Time	p. 179
Newton and the Infinite Static Universe	p. 190
Understanding the Cosmos	p. 196
The Plane Truth	p. 207
Space Shapes	p. 219
Fatalism	p. 229
Must the Future Be What it is Going to Be?	p. 240
Index	p. 259
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