LEADER 04243nam 22006255 450 001 9910390859503321 005 20250610110551.0 010 $a9783030384111 010 $a303038411X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-38411-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6142248 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-38411-1 035 $a(Perlego)3480493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29090809 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673899 100 $a20200319d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChange, the Arrow of Time, and Divine Eternity in Light of Relativity Theory /$fby Daniel Saudek 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (218 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion,$x2634-6184 311 08$a9783030384104 311 08$a3030384101 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- Part I: Relativity theory and the passage of time -- 2. Models of time - a brief survey -- 3. The impact of the special theory of relativity on the philosophy of time -- 4. Cosmic time -- 5. World-wide becoming, block universe, or some tertium? Contemporary answers to the problem of time and relativity theory -- 6. Against substantival passage -- 7. Understanding how change relates to time -- 8. Duration of processes of change according to a causal theory -- 9. The arrow of time: the full derivation -- 10. Objections and comparisons -- 11. Our changing world -- Part II: God, change, and time -- 12. Does God change? -- 13. God's relations to temporal being -- 14 -- The unlimited, the limited, and the world. 330 $aThis book has two aims; first, to provide a new account of time's arrow in light of relativity theory; second, to explain how God, being eternal, relates to our world, marked as it is by change and time. In part one, Saudek argues that time is not the expansive universal 'wave' that is appears to be, but nor are we living in an unchanging block. Rather, time is real but local: there are infinitely many arrows of time in the universe, each with their own fixed past and open future. This model is based on the ontology of substances which can exist in different states, marked by different properties. On this basis, a derivation of temporal precedence and of the asymmetry between the fixed past and the open future is provided. Time's arrow is thus 'attached' to substances, and is therefore a local rather than global phenomenon, though by no means an illusory or merely subjective one. In part two, this model is then applied to the perennial questions concerning the relationship between divine eternity and the temporal world: How can my future choices be free if God already knows what I will do? Can God act if He is not in time? Through the lens of relativity theory, such questions are shown to appear in a completely new light. The book combines insights from theoretical physics with ancient and contemporary philosophy into a unique synthesis, broaching a wealth of key issues including the arrow of time, the evolution of the cosmos, and a physics-based defence of eternalism in philosophical theology. . 410 0$aPalgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion,$x2634-6184 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aOntology 606 $aPhilosophy of Religion 606 $aPhilosophy of Science 606 $aOntology 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aOntology. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Religion. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Science. 615 24$aOntology. 676 $a530.11 676 $a115 700 $aSaudek$b Daniel$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0860975 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910390859503321 996 $aChange, the Arrow of Time, and Divine Eternity in Light of Relativity Theory$91921373 997 $aUNINA