Time of nature and the nature of time : philosophical perspectives of time in natural sciences /: philosophical perspectives of time in natural sciences. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christophe Bouton, Philippe Huneman, editors.
• Editors: Bouton, Christophe; Huneman, Philippe
• 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
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 403 pages)
• Subjects: 530.11; Philosophy; Space and time; Time; Physics; SCIENCE / Energy; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Physics / General; Physics; Space and time; Time; Philosophy -- Epistemology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Science_xPhilosophy; Genetic epistemology; Science -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Philosophy of science; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319537252; 3319537253
• Related ISBNs: 9783319537238
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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