{"product_id":"past-present-and-future-9780198937265","title":"Past, Present and Future","description":"\u003cp\u003ePast, Present and Future, first published in 1867, is the magnum opus of Arthur Norman Prior (1914-1969). Prior was the founding father of tense-logic: Past, Present, and Future presents his tense-logic as a powerful and precise formalism for the systematic study of the temporal aspects of reality. The book was the summation of a decade of work on tense-logic following Prior''s John Locke lectures at the University of Oxford in 1956, subsequently published in 1957 as Time and Modality. Among a wide range of topics, Past, Present and Future investigates the idea of branching time that had earlier been suggested by Saul Kripke. It includes several philosophical investigations of time, from a discussion of McTaggart''s paradox, the Master Argument of Diodorus, time and existence, problems regarding determinism and future contingency. Prior''s discussion of these matters invited a broad scope of ancient and medieval philosophers into the modern discussion in the philosophy of time. Prior was spearheading a revolution in analytic philosophy. Unfortunately, Prior''s choice of Polish logical notation has limited its influence. This new edition employs modern notation, making it accessible to a new generation of philosophers and logicians. It includes a new preface a postscript by the editors, which can serve as an introduction to this landmark work of analytic philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780198937265\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arthur N. Prior","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50078037573882,"sku":"9780198937265","price":42.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9780198937265.jpg?v=1786811080","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/past-present-and-future-9780198937265","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}