Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology
are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's …

Material objects extend through space by having different spatial parts in different places.
But how do they persist through time? According to some philosophers, things have …

There are various arguments for the metaphysical impossibility of time travel. Is it impossible
because objects could then be in two places at once? Or is it impossible because some …

A basic intuition we have regarding the nature of time is that the future is open whereas the
past is fixed. However, although this intuition is largely shared, it is not a straightforward …

In this paper, I first introduce one of the most prominent objections against the Growing Block
Theory of time (GBT), the so-called 'epistemic objection', according to which GBT provides …

Many consider the apparent disappearance of time and change in quantum gravity the main
metaphysical challenge since it seems to lead to a form of Parmenidean view according to …

There is a feeling of dissatisfaction with the traditional way of defining the A-theories of time.
One reason is that these definitions rest on an ontological question—'Do the future and the …

The article discusses some crucial problems of area studies drawing on the example of East
Central European studies in Germany today. Against the backdrop of persistent …

Abstract Since Elga published his “Self-locating belief and the Sleeping Beauty problem,”
there has been an intense debate about which credence between 1/2 and 1/3 Beauty …

Time merits careful treatment in the digital humanities because it is one of the most
fundamental constituents of the world. In this paper we bring up for discussion foundational …