What Makes Time Special?

Zusatztext Winner of the 2018 Lakatos Award for oustanding contribution to philosophy of science Informationen zum Autor Craig Callender earned his PhD with research on the direction of time at Rutgers University. He then worked at the London School of Economics before moving to the University of California, San Diego. He has interests in time and physics, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, quantum gravity, philosophy of science, and environmental ethics. He is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time (2011). Klappentext The flow of time is a deep, significant and universal aspect of human life. Yet it remains a mystery and many dismiss the flow of time as illusory. Craig Callender explores this puzzle, and offers a fascinating explanation of why creatures experience time as flowing - even if, as physics suggests, it isn't. Zusammenfassung The flow of time is a deep, significant and universal aspect of human life. Yet it remains a mystery and many dismiss the flow of time as illusory. Craig Callender explores this puzzle, and offers a fascinating explanation of why creatures experience time as flowing - even if, as physics suggests, it isn't. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Problem of Time 2: Lost Time: Relativity Theory 3: Tearing Spacetime Asunder 4: Quantum Becoming? 5: Intimations of Quantum Gravitational Time 6: The Differences Between Time and Space 7: Laws, Systems, and Time 8: Looking at the World Sideways 9: Do We Experience the Present? 10: Stuck in the Common Now 11: The Flow of Time: Stitching the World Together 12: Explaining the Temporal Value Asymmetry 13: Moving Past the ABCs of Time 14: Putting It All Together

Product details

• Authors: Craig Callender, Craig (Professor of Philosophy Callender, Callender Craig
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2023
• EAN: 9780192887467
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288746-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Relativity physics