Time of Nature and the Nature of Time Philosophical Perspectives of Time in Natural Sciences

“This is an interdisciplinary edited collection that aims to expand the study of philosophy of time from the usual metaphysical motley crew of issues. …  This book is a good place to begin this exploration.” (Dean Rickles, Journal for General Philosophy of Science, Vol. 50, 2019)

“The variety of topics addressed at a high level of expertise makes one of those books that upon completion of a first reading urge one to go back and start afresh. … This is a book that both teaches and provides fertile ground for philosophical reflection; a ‘must’ for expert and student alike.” (Vassilis Sakellariou, Metascience, August, 2018)

Christophe Bouton is Professor of Philosophy at University Bordeaux Montaigne. His research area is focused on the issue of time in the contemporary philosophy. He was Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (Research Project 2008-2013: ‘Time: Philosophical and Scientific Approaches’), visiting scholar at the Centre for Time of the University of Sydney (April -July 2012) and at NYU Philosophy Department (April-July 2015), and visiting Professor at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Phenomenology Research Center, March 2013). Principal publication on the issue of time: "The Emergence of Time: Kant, Bergson, and Modern Physics”, KronoScope 13:1 (2013) 96-111, Time and Freedom, Chicago, Northwestern University Press, SPEP Series, 2014 (translation of Temps et liberté, Toulouse, Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2007). 

Arial, sans-serif">Philippe Huneman is a Researcher (Directeur de recherche) at the Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, CNRS/Université Paris I Sorbonne. After having worked and published on the constitution of the concept of organism and Kantian metaphysics, he currently investigates philosophical issues in evolutionary theory and ecology, such as the emergence of individuality, the relations between variation and natural selection in evolutionary theory, the role of the concept of organism, and the varieties of explanations in ecology. He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago (2005). His research has been published in Erkenntnis, Synthese, Philosophy of Science, Minds and Machines, etc. and as editor he recently published Functions: selection and mechanisms (Synthese Library, Springer, 2012), from groups to individuals. Evolution and emerging individuality (MIT Press, 2013, with Frédéric Bouchard), and Handbook of evolutionary thinking in the sciences (Springer, 2013 translation of Les Mondes Darwiniens, Paris, 2009, ed. with Heams T., Lecointre G., Silberstein M.) He belongs to the editorial board of the European Journal for Philosophy of Science and is the series coeditor of “History, Philosophy and Theory in the Life Sciences” (Springer).