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Objective Becoming
Engelsk Paperback
Objective Becoming
Engelsk Paperback

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Bradford Skow presents an original defense of the ''block universe'' theory of time, often said to be a theory according to which time does not pass. Along the way, he provides in-depth discussions of alternative theories of time, including those in which there is ''robust passage'' of time or ''objective becoming'': presentism, the moving spotlight theory of time, the growing block theory of time, and the ''branching time'' theory of time. Skow explains why the moving spotlight theory is the best of these arguments, and rebuts several popular arguments against the thesis that time passes. He surveys the problems that the special theory of relativity has been thought to raise for objective becoming, and suggests ways in which fans of objective becoming may reconcile their view with relativistic physics. The last third of the book aims to clarify and evaluate the argument that we should believe that time passes because, somehow, the passage of time is given to us in experience. He isolates three separate arguments this idea suggests, and explains why they fail.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9780198776697
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198776691
Udg. Dato:
10 nov 2016
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
158mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
10 nov 2016
Forfatter(e):
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