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1、TIME,SPACEANDPHILOSOPHYInthisbook,ChristopherRayaddressesfundamentalissuesinthephilosophyofspaceandtime,whileavoidingdauntingtechnicalitiesandjargon.Alwayscarefultoelucidatethephilosophicalproblemsassociatedwithspaceandtime,RayexaminestheworkofNewton,Einstei
2、n,Hawkingandotherscientificgiantsanddiscussesthereactionsofphilosopherstothiswork—frommetaphysicalworriesaboutthenatureandrealityofspaceandtimetoquestionsaboutthestatusofrelativityanditsrivaltheories.Heinvestigatesthepuzzlingnatureofspace—fromtheinfinitesima
3、llysmalltotheunimaginablylarge,thedisturbingparadoxesoftimeandtimetravel,andthecuriousideasofmoderncosmology—fromthebigbangandthepossibilityofcreationexnihilotothequantumworldofblackholes.ChristopherRayisAssistantProfessorinHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceatPor
4、tlandStateUniversity,Oregon.HispublishedworksincludeTheEvolutionofRelativity(1987).PHILOSOPHICALISSUESINSCIENCEGeneralEditoW.H.Newton-SmithTHERATIONALANDTHESOCIALJ.R.BrownTHENATUREOFDISEASELawrieReznekINFERENCETOTHEBESTEXPLANATIONPeterLiptonTHEPHILOSOPHICALD
5、EFENCEOFPSYCHIATRYLawrieReznekMATHEMATICSANDTHEIMAGEOFREASONMaryTilesTHELABORATORYOFTHEMINDJ.R.BrownForthcomingMETAPHYSICSOFCONSCIOUSNESSWilliamSeagerTIME,SPACEANDPHILOSOPHYChristopherRayLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1991byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P
6、4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledgeadivisionofRoutledge,ChapmanandHall,Inc.29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©1991ChristopherRayAllrightsreserv
7、ed.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.Bri
8、tishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataRay,ChristopherTime,spaceandphilosophy.—(Philosophicalissuesinscience).1.Space&time.PhilosophicalperspectivesI.TitleII.Series115LibraryofCongressCataloging
