Space, Time, and Deity The Gifford Lectures at Glasgow, 1916-1918 Volume 1 of 2

by Samuel Alexander

A. A Formula for Space-Time; Time as the mind of Space; Grounds of this formula. The relation of point-instants to one another; Complexities of detail; Mind a form of Time, not Time a form of mind; B. The Order of Qualities; Qualities as emergents; Time as the generator of qualities; Space-Time anterior to material things. Misconceptions superseded; Matter; Secondary qualities. 'Permanent secondary qualities'; Life; Entelechy. The antithesis of mechanical and vital; Summary. 'Minds' of various levels differ in kind; Corollaries; The Empirical Problems; How the problems arise; The problems stated; A. The Cognitive Relation; Cognition as an instance of compresence. Problem I.; Images and memory. Analogues

362 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2023

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