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UNINA9910739409103321 |
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Autore |
Arthur Richard T. W |
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Titolo |
The Reality of Time Flow : Local Becoming in Modern Physics / / by Richard T. W. Arthur |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Frontiers Collection, , 2197-6619 |
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Physics - Philosophy |
Science - Philosophy |
Cosmology |
Mathematical physics |
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy |
Philosophy of Science |
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Introduction -- The problem of time in classical philosophy -- Modern objections to time’s passage -- Classical physics and temporal becoming -- Special relativity and the lapse of time -- Relativity and the present -- Time in general relativity -- Becoming in quantum theory -- Conclusion. . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It is commonly held that there is no place for the 'now’ in physics, and also that the passing of time is something subjective, having to do with the way reality is experienced but not with the way reality is. Indeed, the majority of modern theoretical physicists and philosophers of physics contend that the passing of time is incompatible with modern physical theory, and excluded in a fundamental description of physical reality. This book provides a forceful rebuttal of such claims. In successive chapters the author explains the historical precedents of the modern opposition to time flow, giving careful expositions of matters relevant to becoming in classical physics, the special and general theories of relativity, and quantum theory, without presupposing prior |
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expertise in these subjects. Analysing the arguments of thinkers ranging from Aristotle, Russell, and Bergson to the proponents of quantum gravity, he contends that the passage of time, understood as a local becoming of events out of those in their past at varying rates, is not only compatible with the theories of modern physics, but implicit in them. . |
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