Plattner's Arrow: Science and Multi‐Dimensional Time

Richmond, Alasdair

doi:10.1111/1467-9329.00126

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“…Deutsch 1997;Deutsch and Lockwood 1994;Leslie 1989: ch. Goddu 2003;Meiland 1974;Oppy 2004;Richmond 2000;Wilkerson 1973). Goddu 2003;Meiland 1974;Oppy 2004;Richmond 2000;Wilkerson 1973).…”

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Vranas

2005

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“…Deutsch 1997;Deutsch and Lockwood 1994;Leslie 1989: ch. Goddu 2003;Meiland 1974;Oppy 2004;Richmond 2000;Wilkerson 1973). Goddu 2003;Meiland 1974;Oppy 2004;Richmond 2000;Wilkerson 1973).…”

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“…It should be emphasized that the introduction of two-dimensional time for thick presentism with bold instants does not lead to paradoxes arising in the time travel problem and used often as arguments against the possibility of two-dimensional time structure. A review of these arguments is given, e.g., by Richmond (2000); Oppy (2004); Baron (2015a).…”

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Thick Presentism and Newtonian Mechanics

Lubashevsky

2016

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In the present paper I argue that the formalism of Newtonian mechanics stems directly from the general principle to be called the principle of microlevel reducibility which physical systems obey in the realm of classical physics. This principle assumes, first, that all the properties of physical systems must be determined by their states at the current moment of time, in a slogan form it is "only the present matters to physics." Second, it postulates that any physical system is nothing but an ensemble of structureless particles arranged in some whose interaction obeys the superposition principle. I substantiate this statement and demonstrate directly how the formalism of differential equations, the notion of forces in Newtonian mechanics, the concept of phase space and initial conditions, the principle of least actions, etc. result from the principle of microlevel reducibility. The philosophical concept of thick presentism and the introduction of two dimensional time-physical time and meta-time that are mutually independent on infinitesimal scales-are the the pivot points in these constructions. Contents 1 Principle of microlevel reducibility 2 Presentism and the time flow 3 Thick presentism with moving window of existence 4 Steady-state laws of system dynamics 5 Variational formulation of steady-state dynamics

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“…It is also useful to differentiate the current investigation of multidimensional time from Richmond's (). As I see it, Richmond is doing three things.…”

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Back to the Unchanging Past

Baron

2015

Pacific Philosophical Qtr

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The standard philosophical view of time travel has it that time travelers cannot change the past. It has been argued by some that the standard view is false, and that this can be shown using a two-dimensional model of time. I defend the standard view against this attack. I show, first, that the addition of a second temporal dimension does not provide a model of changing the past and, second, that neither does the addition of n temporal dimensions for any n > 1.

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Plattner's Arrow: Science and Multi‐Dimensional Time

Cited by 9 publications

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Do Cry Over Spilt Milk

Do Cry Over Spilt Milk

Thick Presentism and Newtonian Mechanics

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