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Objective becoming / Bradford Skow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skow, Bradford, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time--Philosophy.
- Time.
- Becoming (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bradford Skow presents an original defence of the 'block universe' theory of time, often said to be a theory according to which time does not pass. He provides in-depth discussions of alternative theories, reconciles objective becoming with relativistic physics, and re-evaluates our 'experience' of the passage of time in relation to the argument.
- Contents:
- Introduction : time passes?
- The block universe
- What might robust passage be?
- The moving spotlight
- Growing blocks and branching times
- The moving spotlight theory is consistent
- How fast does time pass?
- The challenge from relativity
- Relativity and the passage of time
- Can we move through time?
- Passage and experience, I
- Passage and experience, II
- Concluding thoughts : passage and time-biased preferences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 20, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178167-3
- OCLC:
- 905691091
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