Time Travel, Parahistory and the Past Artefact Dilemma.

The article presents an argument that past artifacts allow parahistorical claims to face a dilemma if deployed as evidence for time travel. It examines David Lewis' definition of time travel, which requires a distinction between personal and external time. It concludes that evidential value of parah...

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Publicado en:Philosophy Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 369 - 374
Autor principal: Richmond, Alasdaur
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2010
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