Objective becoming
Examines theories of time that are based on metaphor, especially the moving spotlight theory which holds that "presentness" moves along the series of times from the past into the future, and proposes ways in which the moving spotlight theory may be made compatible with the theory of relativity.
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- Full title :Objective becoming / Bradford Skow.
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Examines theories of time that are based on metaphor, especially the moving spotlight theory which holds that "presentness" moves along the series of times from the past into the future, and proposes ways in which the moving spotlight theory may be made compatible with the theory of relativity.
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- Publication Date:©2015
- Edition:Paperback
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 249 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780198713272, 9780198776697, 0198776691, 0198713274
- oclc:ocn892895261
- LC Classification:BD638
- Dewey Decimal:115
Table of 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.
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