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<p>According to Peter Ludlow, there is a very close relation between the structure of natural language and that of reality, and one can gain insights into long-standing metaphysical questions by studying the semantics of natural language. In this book Ludlow uses the metaphysics of time as a case study and focuses on the dispute between A-theorists and B-theorists about the nature of time. According to B-theorists, there is no genuine change, but a permanent sequence of events ordered by an earl

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Author
Ludlow, Peter
Publisher
THE MIT PRESS
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780585101170
Category
language
Subjects
Philosophy, Science, Psychology
Updated
2026-03-25

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