The Ontology of Time
L. Nathan Oaklander is one of the leading philosophers of time defending the tenseless or B-Theory of time. He has remained at the forefront of this field since the early 1980s and today he is arguably the most formidable opponent of the tensed or A-theory of time. Much of the direction of the debate in this field for the past twenty years or so, especially in regards to the new tenseless theory of time, has been influenced by Oaklander's work. This book presents a carefully argued defense of...
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Pt. 1The ontology of A- and B-theories of time1The problem of time and change172Is there a difference between the metaphysics of A- and B-time?373McTaggart's paradox defended51Pt. 2A critique of A-theories of timeAPresentism4A note on Chisholm on tense675Bigelow, possible worlds, and the passage of time716Craig on McTaggart's paradox and the problem of temporary intrinsics777Presentism, ontology, and temporal experience838Presentism : a critique1019Dainton's time and space117BThe open future theory10Zeilicovici on temporal becoming12311Yourgrau's The disappearance of time12912Tooley's Time, tense, and causation135CThe A/B theory13McTaggart, Schlesinger, and the two-dimensional time hypothesis14514McTaggart's paradox and Smith's tensed theory of time153Pt. 3A defense of the B-theory of timeATemporal reality and experience15Mellor's real time17516The Russellian theory of time18317Time and becoming20718Thank goodness it's over21119On our experience of ceasing to exist21520Jokic on the tensed existence of nature22121On the experience of tenseless time22722Craig on the experience of tense235BTemporal semantics23The new tenseless theory of time24524A defense of the new tenseless theory of time25125Two versions of the new B-theory of language265Pt. 4Time, identity, responsibility, and freedom26Delmas Lewis on persons and responsibility : a critique29527Temporal passage and temporal parts30328Personal identity, responsibility, and time30929Time and foreknowledge : a critique of Zagzebski33130Freedom and the new theory of time335
