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1、TIME,SPACEANDPHILOSOPHYInthisbook,ChristopherRayaddressesfundamentalissuesinthephilosophyofspaceandtime,whileavoidingdauntingtechnicalitiesandjargon.Alwayscarefultoelucidatethephilosophicalproblemsassociatedwithspaceandtime,RayexaminestheworkofNewton,Einst
2、ein,Hawkingandotherscientificgiantsanddiscussesthereactionsofphilosopherstothiswork—frommetaphysicalworriesaboutthenatureandrealityofspaceandtimetoquestionsaboutthestatusofrelativityanditsrivaltheories.Heinvestigatesthepuzzlingnatureofspace—fromtheinfinite
3、simallysmalltotheunimaginablylarge,thedisturbingparadoxesoftimeandtimetravel,andthecuriousideasofmoderncosmology—fromthebigbangandthepossibilityofcreationexnihilotothequantumworldofblackholes.ChristopherRayisAssistantProfessorinHistoryandPhilosophyofScienc
4、eatPortlandStateUniversity,Oregon.HispublishedworksincludeTheEvolutionofRelativity(1987).PHILOSOPHICALISSUESINSCIENCEGeneralEditoW.H.Newton-SmithTHERATIONALANDTHESOCIALJ.R.BrownTHENATUREOFDISEASELawrieReznekINFERENCETOTHEBESTEXPLANATIONPeterLiptonTHEPHILOS
5、OPHICALDEFENCEOFPSYCHIATRYLawrieReznekMATHEMATICSANDTHEIMAGEOFREASONMaryTilesTHELABORATORYOFTHEMINDJ.R.BrownForthcomingMETAPHYSICSOFCONSCIOUSNESSWilliamSeagerTIME,SPACEANDPHILOSOPHYChristopherRayLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1991byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,
6、LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledgeadivisionofRoutledge,ChapmanandHall,Inc.29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©1991ChristopherRayAll
7、rightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe
8、publishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataRay,ChristopherTime,spaceandphilosophy.—(Philosophicalissuesinscience).1.Space&time.PhilosophicalperspectivesI.TitleII.Series115LibraryofCongressCataloging
