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14C. D. Broad’s Philosophy of TimeRoutledge. 2020.In this study, Oaklander's primary aim is to examine critically C.D. Broad’s changing views of time and in so doing both clarify the central disputes in the philosophy of time, explicate the various positions Broad took regarding them, and develop his own responses both to Broad and the issues debated.
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14The Disappearance of Time (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (3): 737-740. 1994.
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13The Disappearance of Time (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 54 (3): 737-740. 1994.
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13The philosophy of time (edited book)Routledge. 2008.What is the nature of temporal passage—the movement of events or moments of time from the future through the present into the past? Is the future and the past as real as the present, or is the present—or perhaps the present and the past—all that exists? What role, if any, does language play in giving us an insight into temporal reality? Is it possible to travel through time into distant regions of the future or the past? What accounts for the direction of time, the sense we have that we are movi…Read more
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12The Importance of Time: Proceedings of the Philosophy of Time Society, 1995–2000 (edited book)Springer. 2001.The Philosophy of Time Society (PTS) grew out of a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on the Philosophy of Time offered by George Schlesinger in 1991. The members of that seminar wanted to promote interest in the philosophy of time and Jon N. Turgerson offered to become the first Director of the PTS with the initial costs underwritten by the Drake University Center for the Humanities. Thus, the PTS was formed in 1993. Its goal is to promote the study of the philosophy of time f…Read more
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12Presentism: Essential Readings (edited book)Lexington Books. 2010.Presentism: Essential Readings contains writings—classic and contemporary—that acquaint the reader with different versions of presentism, standard philosophical and scientific objections to presentism, and their attempted solutions. Detailed introductions to each part of the book make the discussions accessible to students and those unfamiliar with this fascinating and controversial philosophy.
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12Mctaggart's Paradox and the Infinite Regress of Temporal Attributions: A Reply to SmithSouthern Journal of Philosophy 25 (3): 425-431. 1987.
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11Wishing It Were Now Some Other TimeIn Michael Stöltzner & Friedrich Stadler (eds.), Time and History: Proceedings of the 28. International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg Am Wechsel, Austria 2005, De Gruyter. pp. 43-50. 2006.
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9Delmas Lewis on Persons and Responsibility: A CritiquePhilosophy Research Archives 13 181-187. 1987.Delmas Lewis has argued that the tenseless view of time is committed to a view of personal identity according to which no one can be held morally responsible for their actions. His argument, if valid, is a serious objection to the tenseless view. The purpose of this paper is to defend the detenser by pointing out the pitfalls in Lewis’ argument.
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8"Phenomenology and Extentialism: An Introduction" by Reinhardt Grossmann (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 47 (1): 160. 1986.
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8Phenomenology and Existentialism: An IntroductionPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 47 (1): 160-165. 1986.
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6Debates in the Metaphysics of Time (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2014.A selection of lively debates in the philosophy of time that outline, defend and object to contemporary issues in metaphysics, consciousness and God.
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5Personal Identity, Immortality, and the SoulPhilo 4 (2): 185-194. 2001.The soul has played many different roles in philosophy and religion. Two of the primary functions of the soul are the bearer of personal identity and the foundation of immortality. In this paper I shall consider different interpretations of what the soul has been taken to be and argue that however we interpret the soul we cannot consistently maintain the soul is both what we are and what continues after our bodily death.
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4Time and BecomingIn P. Weingartner & H. Czermak (eds.), Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of the International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg, 1982. pp. 363-365. 1983.Peer Reviewed.
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2Tempo e IdentitaArmando Editore. 2009.Translation of several chapters of L. Nathan Oaklander's contribution to Time, Change and Freedom: An Introduction to Metaphysics (New York and London: Routledge, 2008.
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2Albert Shalom, The Body/Mind Conceptual Framework and the Problem of Personal Identity: Some Theories in Philosophy, Psychoanalysis and Neurology Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 7 (4): 166-168. 1987.
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2Craig on the Experience of TenseIn The ontology of time, Prometheus Books. pp. 235-242. 2004.Peer Reviewed.
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1A-, B and R-theories of Time: A Debate.In Adrian Bardon (ed.), The Future of the Philosophy of Time.. pp. 1-24. 2012.
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1Time and Existence: A Critique of Degree PresentismIn Bruno Langlet & Jean-Maurice Monnoyer (eds.), Gustav Bergmann: Phenomenological Realism and Dialectical Ontology, De Gruyter. pp. 103-116. 2009.
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1Freedom and the new theory of timeIn Robin Le Poidevin (ed.), Questions of Time and Tense, Oxford University Press. pp. 185-205. 1998.
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1Sartre on SexIn Alan Soble & Nicholas Power (eds.), Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 190-206. 2007.
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1Introduction: McTaggart's Paradox and the Tensed Theory of Time.”In L. Nathan Oaklander & Quentin Smith (eds.), The New Theory of Time, Yale Up. pp. 157--162. 1994.
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1Presentism: A CritiqueIn Hallvard Lillehammer & G. Rodriguez Pereyra (eds.), Real Metaphysics: Essays in Honour of D. H. Mellor, With His Replies.. pp. 196-211. 2002.