TRAVELING IN A- AND B- TIME.

The article discusses the presentism in time travel. Presentism says that only currently existing entities exist, and that the only properties and relations those entities instantiate are those that they currently instantiate. The direction of personal time is related to entropy. The future directio...

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Publicado en:Monist Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 329 - 336
Autor principal: Sider, Theodore
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul2005
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Sumario:The article discusses the presentism in time travel. Presentism says that only currently existing entities exist, and that the only properties and relations those entities instantiate are those that they currently instantiate. The direction of personal time is related to entropy. The future direction of personal time is the direction of increasing entropy within the one's personal time is the direction of increasing entropy within the time traveler.