Article ID: CBB802881473

On Mach on time (2021)

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Mach's views on the nature of time have been unduly neglected. They are both more defensible in their own historical context and more relevant to our own contemporary context than has been appreciated. This essay provides an extended and comprehensive discussion of Mach's writings on time offering novel analysis and interpretation. Contra the prevailing current in the secondary literature, Mach's views on time are shown to be largely vindicated in the context of late nineteenth century physics. Then, building upon this more historical project, we conclude with a critical evaluation of the modern Machian view of time due to Barbour within the context of relativistic chronometry as instantiated via pulsar clocks and atomic clocks. Once more, considered analysis serves to support the Machian view. About time we go back to Mach.

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Authors & Contributors
Prosser, Simon
Dolev, Yuval
Joël Dolbeault
Stuckey, W. M.
Wersan, Kate
Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe
Concepts
Time
Time perception
Physics
Time measurement
Philosophy
Relativity
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
France
Belgium
Australia
Ireland
Great Britain
Institutions
UNESCO
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