Readership: Scholars and students of philosophy, especially metaphysics and philosophy of physics; scientists interested in the philosophical ramifications of relativity.
Craig Bourne, University of Hertfordshire
"...the book is interesting and should be widely read...provides an accessible and profound introduction to the topic and at the same time it expands the framework of the current theory of presentism...This stimulating study is warmly recommended to anyone interested in the metaphysics of time and in the relations between philosophy and physics." - Vera Tripodi Humana,Mente
Introduction Part I: The Presentist Manifesto 1: When am I? 2: A theory of presentism 3: Some outstanding problems for presentism met 4: Transtemporal relations (III): causation Part II: Presentism and Relativity 5: Physics for philosophers 6: The present dialectic in special relativity 7: Becoming inflated 8: All the time in the worlds: Gödel's modal moral