{"product_id":"does-tomorrow-exist-a-debate-paperback","title":"Does Tomorrow Exist?: A Debate - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNikk Effingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKristie Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes up the question of whether past and future events exist. Two very different views are explored. According to one of these views (presentism), advanced by Nikk Effingham, the present is special. Effingham argues that only present things exist, but which things those are changes as time passes. Given presentism, although there once existed dinosaurs, they exist no more, and although you and I exist, at some time in the future we will come to exist no more. According to the alternative view (eternalism), advanced by Kristie Miller, our world is a giant four-dimensional block of spacetime in which all things, past, present, and future, exist. On this view, dinosaurs exist, it is just that they are not located at the current time. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book considers arguments for and against presentism and eternalism, including arguments that appeal to our best science, to the way the world seems to us to be in our experiences of time, change, and freedom, and to how to make sense of ordinary claims about the past. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an accessible introduction to the philosophy of temporal ontology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCaptures the process of philosophical debate, giving readers an insight into the craft of philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with and clearly explains state-of-the-art and cutting-edge research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikk Effingham\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the University of Birmingham where he works on metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTime Travel: Probability and Impossibility\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Ontology\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristie Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, and Joint Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Time. She works primarily in metaphysics, particularly on the nature of time, persistence, and personal identity. In addition to her articles, she has co-authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eOut of Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eEveryday Metaphysical Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) and \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to the Philosophy of Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734734180415,"sku":"9780367615963","price":79.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6a9cb80d3b50f413efca1b83190fc187.webp?v=1765140907","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/does-tomorrow-exist-a-debate-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}