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Craig, W. L. (2000) The Tensed Theory of Time: A Critical Examination, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
A presentation and defence of arguments in favour of the A-theory, and an examination and critique of arguments against it. Thorough, but dense. |
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Dainton, B. (2001) Time and Space, Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Wonderfully accessible discussion of all of the main issues in the philosophy of time. Ideal starting point for anyone interested in the philosophy of time. |
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Dyke, H. (2002) ‘McTaggart and the truth about time’, in C.
Callender (ed.) Time, Reality and Experience, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 137-152.
Defence of McTaggart’s paradox as a problem for the A-theory of time, and defence of the B-theory against some criticisms. Fairly accessible. |
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Horwich, P. (1987) Asymmetries in Time: Problems in the Philosophy of Science, Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press.
An examination of issues in the philosophy of time as they connect up with issues in the philosophy of science. |
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Le Poidevin, R. (1991) Change, Cause and Contradiction, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
A defence of the B-theory of time. Moderately accessible. |
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Le Poidevin, R. and MacBeath, M. (1993) The Philosophy of Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
A collection of previously published and important papers on time, with a very useful introduction. |
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McTaggart, J. M. E. (1927) The Nature of Existence, vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Contains McTaggart’s argument for the unreality of time. |
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Mellor, D. H. (1981) Real Time, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
The first book-length articulation and defence of the B-theory of time. Thorough, well-argued, but quite difficult in places. |
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Mellorr, D. H. (1998) Real Time II, London: Routledge.
A largely rewritten version of the previous item. |
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Oaklander, L. N. (1984) Temporal Relations and Temporal Becoming : A Defense of a Russellian Theory of Time, Lanham, MD.: University Press of America.
A defence of the B-theory of time. Moderately accessible. |
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Oaklander, L. N. and Smith, Q. (eds) (1994) The New Theory of Time, New Haven: Yale University Press.
A collection of previously published papers on time charting the development of the A-theory/B-theory debate with particular emphasis on the significance of tensed language. Contains useful introductions to each section. |
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Perry, J. (1979) ‘The problem of the essential indexical’, Noûs
13: 3-21.
A classic article on the irreducibility of indexical belief. |
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Quine, W. V. O. (1964) ‘Time’, in J. J. C.
Smart (ed.) Problems of Space and Time, New York: Macmillan, 370-84.
A classic statement of the view that tensed language is reducible to tenseless language. |
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Savitt, S. F. (2000) ‘A limited defence of passage’, American Philosophical Quarterly
38(3): 261-70.
A critique of McTaggart’s paradox by a B-theorist. |
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Smart, J. J. C. (1980) ‘Time and becoming’, in P.
van Inwagen (ed.) Time and Cause, Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 3-15.
An early statement of the new B-theory of time. |
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Smith, Q. (1993) Language and Time, New York: Oxford University Press.
A detailed defence of a version of the A-theory of time. Quite difficult and technical. |
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Tooley, M. (1997) Time, Tense and Causation, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Develops a ‘closed past, open future’ version of the A-theory, making use of the concept of causation. |