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Branching space-times : theory and applications / Nuel Belnap, Thomas Müller, and Tomasz Placek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belnap, Nuel, 1930- author.
- Müller, Thomas, 1969- author.
- Placek, Tomasz, 1960- author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in philosophy of science
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Determinism (Philosophy)--Mathematics.
- Determinism (Philosophy).
- Events (Philosophy)--Mathematical models.
- Events (Philosophy).
- Mathematical physics.
- Space and time--Mathematical models.
- Space and time.
- Chaotic behavior in systems--Mathematical models.
- Chaotic behavior in systems.
- Probabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 441 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This monograph presents a detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times (BST). The theory presented here by Nuel Belnap, Thomas Müller, and Tomasz Placek describes how real possibilities can be anchored in a spatio-temporal world that is rudimentarily relativistic.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Foundations of Branching Space-Times
- Two Options for the Branching of Histories
- Building upon the Foundations of Branching Space-Times
- Modal Funny Business
- Causation in Terms of causae causantes
- Probabilities
- Quantum Correlations
- Branching in Relativistic Space-Times
- A Branching Space-Times Perspective on Presentism.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- "This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780190884338
- 0190884339
- 9780190884321
- 0190884320
- 9780190884345
- 0190884347
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