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What Makes Time Special?

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
368 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am19.01.2023
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.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThe 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.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-288746-7
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum19.01.2023
Seiten368 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 165 mm, Höhe 226 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht567 g
Artikel-Nr.10285854

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: The Problem of Time2: Lost Time: Relativity Theory3: Tearing Spacetime Asunder4: Quantum Becoming?5: Intimations of Quantum Gravitational Time6: The Differences Between Time and Space7: Laws, Systems, and Time8: Looking at the World Sideways9: Do We Experience the Present?10: Stuck in the Common Now11: The Flow of Time: Stitching the World Together12: Explaining the Temporal Value Asymmetry13: Moving Past the ABCs of Time14: Putting It All Togethermehr

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).