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Colloquium Geschiedenis van de Filosofie

2 December 2021 @ 15:00 - 17:00

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The “History of Philosophy” group cordially invites you to an upcoming talk by Emily Thomas. See below for details. If you would like to join us, please send an email to c.cecconi@uu.nl by the 1st of December to receive the link to this event. “From Unreal to Real Time: British Metaphysics 1870s-1920s” Dr. Emily Thomas (Durham University) All are welcome! Date and Time: 02/12/2021, 15.00-17.00 Venue: Microsoft Teams Abstract: Around the turn of the twentieth century, British metaphysics of time saw two major…

The “History of Philosophy” group cordially invites you to an upcoming talk by Emily Thomas. See below for details.

If you would like to join us, please send an email to c.cecconi@uu.nl by the 1st of December to receive the link to this event.

“From Unreal to Real Time: British Metaphysics 1870s-1920s” Dr. Emily Thomas (Durham University) All are welcome! Date and Time: 02/12/2021, 15.00-17.00 Venue: Microsoft Teams Abstract: Around the turn of the twentieth century, British metaphysics of time saw two major changes. First, from the 1870s to 1900s, philosophers became convinced time was unreal. Philosophers en masse denied the reality of time, from F. H. Bradley to J. M. E. McTaggart. Second, from the 1890s onwards, philosophers began to embrace time, developing newfangled theories. The early theories of Victoria Welby, F. C. S. Schiller, Bertrand Russell, and Samuel Alexander, conceived time to be static. The later theories of C. D. Broad, Arthur Eddington, Susan Stebbing, R. G. Collingwood, and many others, conceived time to be dynamic. This broad-brush, big ideas paper asks, Why did these two changes occur? It explores the role of biological evolution, the spatialisation of time, and temporal psychology; and asks how the debates between static and dynamic theories got started. More on dr. Emily Thomas: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/emily-e-thomas/  

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Date:
2 December 2021
Time:
15:00 - 17:00

The “History of Philosophy” group cordially invites you to an upcoming talk by Emily Thomas. See below for details.

If you would like to join us, please send an email to c.cecconi@uu.nl by the 1st of December to receive the link to this event.

“From Unreal to Real Time: British Metaphysics 1870s-1920s”

Dr. Emily Thomas

(Durham University)

All are welcome!

Date and Time: 02/12/2021, 15.00-17.00

Venue: Microsoft Teams

Abstract:

Around the turn of the twentieth century, British metaphysics of time saw two major changes. First, from the 1870s to 1900s, philosophers became convinced time was unreal. Philosophers en masse denied the reality of time, from F. H. Bradley to J. M. E. McTaggart. Second, from the 1890s onwards, philosophers began to embrace time, developing newfangled theories. The early theories of Victoria Welby, F. C. S. Schiller, Bertrand Russell, and Samuel Alexander, conceived time to be static. The later theories of C. D. Broad, Arthur Eddington, Susan Stebbing, R. G. Collingwood, and many others, conceived time to be dynamic.

This broad-brush, big ideas paper asks, Why did these two changes occur? It explores the role of biological evolution, the spatialisation of time, and temporal psychology; and asks how the debates between static and dynamic theories got started.

More on dr. Emily Thomas: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/emily-e-thomas/

 

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