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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ross P. Cameron (University of Virginia)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780198823346ISBN 10: 0198823347 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 30 August 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsit's well worth the read because, even if you come away from the book holding onto the same view of time as you had going in, you will certainly learn something along the way ... I do think Cameron has breathed new life into the view, and getting on the roller coaster of The Moving Spotlight is a ride well worth taking. * Kristie Miller, Metascience * The Moving Spotlight is a novel, plausible, and rigorous contribution to our understanding of the A-theories. It deserves the careful attention of any scholar working on time, ontology, or the methodology of metaphysics. * Meghan Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * it's well worth the read because, even if you come away from the book holding onto the same view of time as you had going in, you will certainly learn something along the way ... I do think Cameron has breathed new life into the view, and getting on the roller coaster of The Moving Spotlight is a ride well worth taking. * Kristie Miller, Metascience * The Moving Spotlight is a novel, plausible, and rigorous contribution to our understanding of the A-theories. It deserves the careful attention of any scholar working on time, ontology, or the methodology of metaphysics. * Meghan Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * In The Moving Spotlight... Cameron offers an advanced philosophical discussion of the ontology of time, and his contribution to contemporary debate on metaphysics of time (within analytic philosophy) has already received a vivid response from academics and stimulated further debate ... [a] challenging and inspiring book. * Elena Fell, The Philosophical Quarterly * The book as whole is recommended for its thought-provoking new take on MST as well as for its excellent discussions of the epistemological argument for Presentism, MacTaggart-style attacks of A Theory, and future indeterminacy. * Maureen Donnolley, Australasian Journal of Philosophy * it's well worth the read because, even if you come away from the book holding onto the same view of time as you had going in, you will certainly learn something along the way ... I do think Cameron has breathed new life into the view, and getting on the roller coaster of The Moving Spotlight is a ride well worth taking. * Kristie Miller, Metascience * The Moving Spotlight is a novel, plausible, and rigorous contribution to our understanding of the A-theories. It deserves the careful attention of any scholar working on time, ontology, or the methodology of metaphysics. * Meghan Sullivan, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * In The Moving Spotlight... Cameron offers an advanced philosophical discussion of the ontology of time, and his contribution to contemporary debate on metaphysics of time (within analytic philosophy) has already received a vivid response from academics and stimulated further debate ... [a] challenging and inspiring book. * Elena Fell, The Philosophical Quarterly * Author InformationRoss P. Cameron obtained his PhD from the University of St Andrews in 2006, worked at the University of Leeds from then until 2014, and is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He works on many areas in metaphysics, and has published numerous articles on topics such as the nature of time and possibility, the relation between a whole and its parts, truthmaking, properties, the ontological status of musical works and fictional characters, and whether the world has a fundamental level. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |