PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Simon Prosser studied physics at the University of Birmingham and then philosophy at the University of Warwick and also, for one year, in Paris. He moved from physics to philosophy after realising that the big questions that interested him concerning time, space, and other matters were really philosophical questions rather than questions in physics. He now works at the University of St Andrews. His research is mainly in the philosophy of mind, but he also has interests in metaphysics. He has written on consciousness, temporal experience, the metaphysics of time, indexical thoughts, the nature of concepts, and the metaphysics of emergent properties.
Prosser's proposals are important and his discussion engaging. His treatment also contains much of value even to those who do not share his guiding interest in defending the B-theory . . . In short, whatever one's perspective, Prosser's book is rich fare for thought, and essential reading for anyone puzzled by our experiential encounter with time. * Ian Phillips, Notre Dame Philosophical Review * The most ambitious attempt I know of to explain how the B-theory of time can account for the dynamic features of experience The book does a good job of presenting what the issue is, and introduces interesting new perspectives to it . . . I thoroughly recommend it. * R.D. Ingthorsson, Metascience Review * Prosser carefully explains unfamiliar terms and issues as they arise, making this an excellent introduction to issues in both the philosophy of time and the philosophy of mind for the general philosophical reader ... Exploring Time is a provocative, engaging and yet accessible exploration of the many different elements of our temporal experience, while at the same time being a stalwart defence of the B-theory of time. ... He draws not just on work in metaphysics and the philosophy of the mind but also on recent empirical work in psychology and cognitive science. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy of time and the psychology of temporal experience. * Heather Dyke, Philosophy Now * Experiencing Time addresses an exciting topic: what bearing the phenomenology of our experience of time might have on some key disputes over the nature of temporal reality, centrally whether the character of that phenomenology favours an 'A-theory' of time, which holds that there is temporal passage, over a 'B-theory' or 'static block' view... Prosser's book is rich in argument. * Barry Lee, Analysis * One of the central debates in contemporary discussions of the philosophy of time is the one between the A-theory and B-theory... Despite the fact that the detector and multi-detector arguments fail to undermine the A-theory, there are still many interesting and useful suggestions in these chapters pertaining to the issue of how to make sense of certain features of human experience in terms that are amenable to the B-theory. For this reason, I highly recommend Prosser's book to anyone working in the field. * P.X Monaghan, Philosophy in Review *
