The Importance of Time Proceedings of the Philosophy of Time Society
The Philosophy of Time Society grew out of a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on the Philosophy of Time offered by George Schlesinger in 1991. The members of that seminar wanted to promote interest in the philosophy of time and Jon N.
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PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES VOLUME87
Founded by Wilfrid S. Sellars and Keith Lehrer
Editor
Keith Lehrer, University ofArizona, Tucson Associate Editor
Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University, Tempe Board of Consulting Editors
Lynne Rudder Baker, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Radu Bogdan, Tulane University, New Orleans Marian David, University ofNotre Dame Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan Denise Meyerson, University of Cape Town Fran~ois Recanati, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Stuart Silvers, Clemson University Nicholas D. Smith, Michigan State University
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Proceedings of the Philosophy of Time Society, 1995-2000
Edited by
L. NATHAN OAKLANDER The University ofMichigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.
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SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-90-481-5841-6
ISBN 978-94-017-3362-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-3362-5
Printed on acid-free paper
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OriginaIly publishcd by Kluwer Academic Publishcrs in 2001 No prut ofthe material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, inc1uding photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
To my sister, Dianne Hope Oaklander, my aunts, Helen Rosenberg and Rhoda Winters, and the memory of my uncles Jack Rosenberg and Leonard Winters
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributors .............................................................................................
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Preface......................................................................................................
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Acknowledgements..................................................................................
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Part One: Book Symposia Time, Tense, and Causation by Michael Tooley
1. Tooley on Time and Tense L. Nathan Oaklander................................................... ... ..... .. ... .. ... ..
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2. Tooley on Time Storrs McCall...................................................................................
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3. Actuality and Actuality as of a Time Quentin Smith..................................................................................
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4. Response to the Comments on Time, Tense and Causation by Storrs McCall, Nathan Oaklander, and Quentin Smith Michael Tooley................................................................................
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Real Time II by D. H. Mellor 5. McTaggart, Change and Real Tense: A Critical Notice of Hugh Mellor's Real Time II Mark Hinchlif.f..................................................................................
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6. Comments on D. H. Mellor's Real Time II L. A. Paul.........................................................................................
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7. Time, Consciousness and the Knowledge Argument John Perry ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .
