On Mellor and the Future Direction of Time.

A literary criticism of the book "Mind, Meaning and Reality: Essays in Philosophy" by D.H. Mellor is presented. It mentions the use of Special Theory of Relativity (STR) to study the meaning of time, the direction of the movement of the NOW and Neo-Lorentzian interpretation. It also mentions the rel...

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Publicado en:Analysis Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 148 - 158
Autor principal: Leininger, Lisa
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2014
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Sumario:A literary criticism of the book "Mind, Meaning and Reality: Essays in Philosophy" by D.H. Mellor is presented. It mentions the use of Special Theory of Relativity (STR) to study the meaning of time, the direction of the movement of the NOW and Neo-Lorentzian interpretation. It also mentions the relationship between frame of reference and special relativity, dependence between what exists and what is present and metaphilosophy of mind.