Time of nature and the nature of time : philosophical perspectives of time in natural sciences / Christophe Bouton, Philippe Huneman, editors.
This volume addresses the question of time from the perspective of the time of nature. Its aim is to provide some insights about the nature of time on the basis of the different uses of the concept of time in natural sciences. Presenting a dialogue between philosophy and science, it features a colle...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Editors and Authors; About the Editors; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Time Between Metaphysics and Natural Sciences: From Physics to Biology; 1.1 The General Issue Addressed by the Book; 1.2 Structure of the Book; References; Part I: The Experience of Time and the Scientific Framing of Time; Chapter 2: Passage, Flow, and the Logic of Temporal Perspectives; 2.1 The Topic; 2.2 The Perspective at a Time (TEMP); 2.3 The Perspective over Time (TEVPoV); 2.4 Formal Relations; 2.5 The Generator of a Point of View; 2.6 What Time Is Really Like.
- 2.7 Generalizing the LessonsReferences; Chapter 3: Time of Logics and Time of Physics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Problem of Future Contingents; 3.3 Relativistic Space-Time; 3.3.1 The Twin Paradox; 3.3.2 Branching Space-Time and the Time Travel Paradox; 3.3.3 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Time Variable and Time Scales in Natural Systems and Their Modeling; 4.1 Clocks and Time Measurement; 4.2 The Concept of Time Scale; 4.3 Time Scales: Epistemic vs Systemic Issues; 4.4 Relation Between Temporal and Spatial Scales; 4.5 Time Scales, Time Representation and Modeling Choices.
- 4.6 The Notion of Equilibrium4.7 Multiple Time Scales and Quasi-stationary Approximation; 4.8 The Multiple-Scale Method: Several Independent Times; 4.9 Timeś Arrow; 4.10 Time Scales and Evolution Theory; 4.11 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: On Time and the Varieties of Science; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Folk Roles and the Special Sciences; 5.3 The Special Sciences and the Role of ̀t;́ 5.3.1 Psychology, Cognitive Science and Neuroscience; 5.3.2 Special Sciences Sans Subject Setting Role; 5.4 Different Roles for Different Sciences; 5.4.1 Could Physics Autonomously Abolish Time?
- 5.4.2 Timelessness and Unordered Time-Slices5.4.3 Simulationism; 5.4.3.1 Business as Usual; 5.4.3.2 The Radical Revision Hypothesis; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Time Paradoxes in Physics; Chapter 6: Is the Future already Present? The Special Theory of Relativity and the Block Universe View; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Basic Notions of STR; 6.2.1 The Principle of Relativity; 6.2.2 The Law of Propagation of Light; 6.2.3 The Relativity of Simultaneity; 6.2.4 Time Dilatation and Length Contraction; 6.3 The Geometric Argument: The Spatialization of Time.
- 6.3.1 The Analogy Between Euclidean Space and Minkowskis Space-Time6.3.2 The Space-Time Interval; 6.3.3 A Reply to the Geometric Argument; 6.4 The Loss of the Becoming; 6.4.1 Gödels Argument for the Unreality of Time; 6.4.2 Relativistic Becoming; 6.5 The Determinateness of the Future; 6.5.1 Past, Present and Future in STR; 6.5.2 From Relativity to Determinateness; 6.5.3 Absolute Succession and Relative Succession; 6.5.4 Back to Determinism?; 6.5.5 A Paradoxical Determinism; 6.5.6 A Fallacy in the Determinateness-Argument; 6.5.7 Local Present Versus Distant Present; 6.6 Conclusion; References.