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020			_a9783969751244 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9783897857155 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.30965/9783969751244 _2DOI
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100	1		_aWyller, Truls, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Size of Things : _bAn Essay on Space and Time / _cTruls Wyller.
246	3		_aAn Essay on Space and Time
264		1	_aPaderborn : _bmentis Verlag, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe book serves a twofold purpose. Firstly, it provides an introduction to classic and modern themes of the philosophy of space and time. Secondly, it presents a novel theoretical perspective on the field as the author develops his own position. Taking as a point of departure the seemingly naïve question How big is a thing?, Wyller argues that the particular size of spatially extended objects can neither be an intrinsic property of objects nor a relation between physical objects. Similar to the particular duration of events, the size of spatially extended objects is accessible only to embodied subjects. Consequently, determinate extension in space and time is essentially indexical, inconceivable in a world without human beings. The book requires no prior academic knowledge of philosophy or science, as all crucial concepts of relativistic physics, phenomenology and transcendental philosophy are carefully introduced and explained.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aSpace and time.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tThe Size of Things : An Essay on Space and Time, _dPaderborn : mentis Verlag, 2010 _z9783897857155 _w(DLC) 2010472319
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.30965/9783969751244
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