XVI-Relativity, the Open Future, and the Passage of Time.
Is the objective passage of time compatible with relativistic physics? There are two easy routes to an affirmative answer: (1) provide a deflationary analysis of passage compatible with the block universe, or (2) argue that a privileged global present is compatible with relativity. (1) does not take...
| Published in: | Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Paperback) Vol. 113; no. 3pt3; pp. 321 - 364 |
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Oct2013
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