The Future: An Essay on God, Temporality, and Truth
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Seattlegoodwill.
`The future is a touchstone for our attitudes to time and reality, to causality and freedom, to responsibility and creativity. If we believe that the future exists in just the same way as the present and past do, we have a simple and economical view of reality, but one in which many of the characteristic features of time are lacking, in which there is nothing to pick out the present "now", or to give a sense of becoming, in which freedom is an illusion, everything will be as it will be, and there is nothing new under the sun. If, on the other hand, we believe that the past and present exist but not the future, except as some set of tenuous possibilities, then we begin to understand why the past is unalterable and the future open, and have a view of reality that acounts for the peculiar status of the present and our sense of time as becoming.' Does the future exist? If it does, how can we decide what it is going to be? If it does not, how can we talk about it at all? In discussing these questions J. R. Lucas has to offer answers also to questions about the nature of time, of reality and of truth. He considers theological determinism as an especially understandable version of fatalism, and suggests a new analysis of knowledge and foreknowledge. Modal logic is introduced from a new point of view, and developed to include tense logic, for which a special semantics - `Tree semantics' - is worked out, so as to clear up confusions, and resolve traditional problems. The book is aimed at philosophers of science and religion and general philosophy, especially in US where sophistication in this area is higher. Hardcover, Label: Blackwell Pub, Blackwell Pub, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1990-03, Studio: Blackwell Pub, Verkaufsrang: 3438965.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Fundus-Online GbR Borkert SchwarzZerfaß [8335842], Berlin, Germany.
X, 245 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - Does the future exist? If it does, how can we decide what it is going to be? If it does not, how can we talk about it at all? In discussing these questions J. R. Lucas also offers solutions to problems about time, reality and truth. He considers theological determinism as an easily intelligible version of fatalism, and suggests a new analysis of knowledge and foreknowledge. Modal logic is introduced from a new point of view, and developed to include tense logic, for which a special semantics - 'Tree semantics' - is worked out, in order to clear up confusions, and resolve traditional puzzles. After sketching a metaphysical derivation of time from possibility, actuality and necessity, Lucas concludes his essay with a return to theology. He argues in his final chapter that 'If God created man in His own image, he must have created him capable of new initiatives and new insights which cannot be precisely or infallibly foreknown, but which give to the future a perpetual freshness as the inexhaustible variety of possible thoughts and actions . crystallizes into actuality.' ISBN 9780631166597 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lyric Vibes.
Blackwell Pub. Hardcover. 0631166599 New Condition *** Right Off the Shelf | Ships within 2 Business Days ~~~ Customer Service Is Our Top Priority! - Thank you for LOOKING :-) . New.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Sutton Books.
Blackwell 1989. hbk 245pp dj very slightly shelf worn now in protective sleeve otherwise excellent as new.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cloud 9 Books.
Blackwell Pub. Hardcover. 0631166599 Like New Condition. . Fine.