Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time

Title: Time's Arrows Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time
Author: Steven F Savitt
Philosophy: 1682985
ISBN: 9780521461115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Section: Philosophy | History & Surveys | Modern
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Publisher Description: While it may seem indisputable that time flows in a linear fashion (from past to future), there are a number of philosophical and physical objections to this notion. In the quest to make sense of this conundrum, philosophers and physicists confront fascinating and irresistible questions such as whether effects can precede causes, and whether one can travel in time. In this book, eleven eminent scholars who stand at the boundary between physics and philosophy attempt to answer these questions. There are chapters by W. Unruh and H. Price on cosmology; A. Leggett, P. Stamp, and S. McCall on quantum theory; M. Barrett, E. Sober, and L. Sklar on thermodynamics, and P. Horwich and J. Earman on time travel. The book will be enjoyed by anyone of a speculative turn of mind fascinated by the puzzle of time.