Contents
Introduction by Quentin Smith 1
Part I The finite and the infinite
Quentin Smith
Dialogue 1 The beginning of time 11
Dialogue 2 The infinity of past and future 23
Dialogue 3 The relational and substantival theories of time 35
Dialogue 4 Eternity 45
Part II Time and identity
L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 5 The problem of change 57
Dialogue 6 The passage of time 66
Dialogue 7 Personal identity 87
Dialogue 8 Personal identity and time 105
Part III The nature of freedom
L. Nathan Oaklander
Dialogue 9 Fatalism and tenseless time 117
Dialogue 10 God, time and freedom 130
Dialogue 11 Freedom, determinism and responsibility 145
Appendix Physical time and the universe 161
Quentin Smith
Section A Physical time in Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity 165
Section B Physical time in current cosmologies 185
Index 215