Can Physics Coherently Deny the Reality of Time?

Examines the influence of the conceptual and technical difficulties involved in creating a quantum theory of gravity on the denial about the reality of time. Philosophy of physics; Prospects for tempered radicalism in a timeless theory of quantum gravity; Real features of time for quantum mechanics...

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Publicado en:Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement pp. 293 - 307
Autor principal: Healey, Richard
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2002 Supplement
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Sumario:Examines the influence of the conceptual and technical difficulties involved in creating a quantum theory of gravity on the denial about the reality of time. Philosophy of physics; Prospects for tempered radicalism in a timeless theory of quantum gravity; Real features of time for quantum mechanics.