Article ID: CBB001252374

Twins' Paradox and Closed Timelike Curves: The Role of Proper Time and the Presentist View on Spacetime (2012)

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Friebe, Cord (Author)


Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Volume: 43, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 313-326


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Part of special issue, “Philosophy of Physics”
Language: English

Relativity allegedly contradicts presentism, the dynamic view of time and reality, according to which temporal passage is conceived of as an existentially distinguished `moving' now. Against this common belief, the paper motivates a presentist interpretation of spacetime: It is argued that the fundamental concept of time---proper time---cannot be characterized by the earlier-later relation, i.e., not in the B-theoretical sense. Only the presentist can provide a temporal understanding of the twins' paradox and of universes with closed timelike curves.

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Authors & Contributors
Yourgrau, Palle
Joël Dolbeault
Martin Calamari
Karim P. Y. Thébault
Mark Simes
Massey, Heath
Concepts
Time
Physics
Relativity
Philosophy of science
Philosophy
Space
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
Medieval
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