The obsession with time in 1880s–1930s American-British philosophy
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In American-British philosophy around the turn of twentieth century, every philosopher and their dog had something to say on time. Thinkers worried about our experience time, metaphysics This introduction special issue, Time in Philosophy 1880s-1930s, investigates that obsession, explaining how its philosophers spilled pints ink produced first-ever surveys I historically contextualise work explore some driving causes, including experimental psychology time perception, theological worries over evolution. article concludes by surveying rich, wide-ranging papers within this collection, covering Shadworth Hodgson, William James, Mary Calkins, Victoria Welby, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, A. Robb, Alfred North Whitehead, Norman Kemp Smith, J. M. McTaggart, Karin Costelloe-Stephen, Hilda Oakeley, May Sinclair, George P. Adams.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal for the History of Philosophy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0960-8788', '1469-3526']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2022.2093157