Book ID: CBB098887493

Objective Becoming (2015)

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Skow, Bradford (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

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. Hesurveys 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 shouldbelieve 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.

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Authors & Contributors
Yourgrau, Palle
Prosser, Simon
Dolev, Yuval
Karim P. Y. Thébault
Williams, Jessica J.
Massey, Heath
Concepts
Time
Physics
Philosophy
Relativity
Time perception
Space
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
France
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