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TimeIn Frank Jackson & Michael Smith (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy, Oxford University Press Uk. 2007.
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168Science, Belief and Behaviour: Essays in Honour of R B Braithwaite (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1980.This volume is a collection of original essays by eminent philosophers written for R. B. Braithwaite's eightieth birthday to celebrate his work and teaching.
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109Real Metaphysics: RepliesIn Hallvard Lillehammer & Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (eds.), Real Metaphysics: Essays in Honour of D. H. Mellor, With His Replies., Routledge. 2002.
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600Real TimeCambridge University Press. 1981.This is a study of the nature of time. In it, redeploying an argument first presented by McTaggart, the author argues that although time itself is real, tense is not. He accounts for the appearance of the reality of tense - our sense of the passage of time, and the fact that our experience occurs in the present - by showing how time is indispensable as a condition of action. Time itself is further analysed, and Dr Mellor gives answers to most of the metaphysical questions it provokes, concerning…Read more
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152Probability and the Evidence of our SensesRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 30 117-128. 1991.Our knowledge of the world comes to us, one way or another, through our senses. I know there's a table here, because I see it, and that there's traffic outside, because I hear it. And similarly for our other senses. I know when it's cold, because I feel it; when there's sugar in my tea, because I taste it; smoke in the air, because I smell it; and so on.
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165Possibility, chance and necessityAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 78 (1). 2000.This Article does not have an abstract
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11Properties and PredicatesIn David Hugh Mellor & Alex Oliver (eds.), Properties, Oxford University Press. 1997.
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135Probable explanationAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 54 (3). 1976.This Article does not have an abstract
Hugh Mellor
(1938 - 2020)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Philosophy of Physical Science |
| Philosophy of Probability |
Areas of Interest
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Philosophy of Probability |
| Philosophy of Physical Science |