LEADER 04394nam 22007575 450 001 9910595046703321 005 20250628110031.0 010 $a3-031-09763-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-09763-8 035 $a(CKB)5840000000091797 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7102146 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7102146 035 $a(OCoLC)1346157054 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92781 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-09763-8 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010073974 035 $a(oapen)doab92781 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000091797 100 $a20220921d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Asymmetric Nature of Time $eAccounting for the Open Future and the Fixed Past /$fby Vincent Grandjean 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 $d2022 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 225 1 $aSynthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,$x2542-8292 ;$v468 311 08$a3-031-09762-9 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. How is the Asymmetry between the Open Future and the Fixed Past to be characterized? -- 3. A Model for the Asymmetry -- 4. Reconciling the Asymmetry with Contemporary Physics -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography. 330 $aThis open access monograph offers a detailed study and a systematic defense of a key intuition we typically have, as human beings, with respect to the nature of time: the intuition that the future is open, whereas the past is fixed. For example, whereas it seems unsettled whether there will be a fourth world war, it is settled that there was a first world war. The book contributes, in particular, three major and original insights. First, it provides a coherent, non-metaphorical, and metaphysically illuminating elucidation of the intuition. Second, it determines which model of the temporal structure of the world is most appropriate to accommodate the intuition, and settles on a specific version of the Growing Block Theory of time (GBT). Third, it puts forward a naturalistic foundation for GBT, by exploiting recent results of our best physics (viz. General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Gravity). Three main challenges are addressed: the dismissal of temporal asymmetries as non-fundamental phenomena only (e.g., thermodynamic or causal phenomena), the epistemic objection against GBT, and the apparent tension between GBT and relativistic physics. It is argued that the asymmetry between the open future and the fixed past must be grounded in the temporal structure of the world, and that this is neither precluded by our epistemic device, nor by the latest approaches to Quantum Gravity ( e.g., the Causal Set Theory). Aiming at reconciling time as we find it in ordinary experience and time as physics describes it, this innovative book will raise the interest of both academic researchers and graduate students working on the philosophy of time. More generally, it presents contents of interest for all metaphysicians and non-dogmatic philosophers of physics. 410 0$aSynthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,$x2542-8292 ;$v468 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aOntology 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aRelativity (Physics) 606 $aGravitation 606 $aQuantum theory 606 $aPhilosophy of Science 606 $aOntology 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aAlternative Relativity 606 $aQuantum Physics 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aOntology. 615 0$aMetaphysics. 615 0$aRelativity (Physics) 615 0$aGravitation. 615 0$aQuantum theory. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Science. 615 24$aOntology. 615 24$aMetaphysics. 615 24$aAlternative Relativity. 615 24$aQuantum Physics. 676 $a501 686 $aPHI013000$aSCI057000$aSCI061000$aSCI075000$2bisacsh 700 $aGrandjean$b Vincent$01269292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595046703321 996 $aThe Asymmetric Nature of Time$92987091 997 $aUNINA