Steven F Savitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 994674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven F Savitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven F |
| FAMILY NAME | Savitt |
| SIGNATURE | SAVITT S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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Time, Reality & Experience
Why does time seem to flow in one direction? Can we influence the past? Is only the present real? Does relativity conflict with our common understanding of time? How does time relate to free will? Could science do away with time? These questions and others about time are among the most puzzling problems in philosophy and science. In this exciting collection of original articles, eminent philosophers propose novel answers to these and other questi…
There's No Time Like the Present (in Minkowski Spacetime)
Mark Hinchliff concludes a recent paper, “The Puzzle of Change,” with a section entitled “Is the Presentist Refuted by the Special Theory of Relativity?” His answer is “no.” I respond by arguing that presentists face great difficulties in merely stating their position in Minkowski spacetime. I round up some likely candidates for the job and exhibit their deficiencies
Time's Arrow Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time
The Direction of Time
The aim of this essay is to introduce philosophers of science to some recent philosophical discussions of the nature and origin of the direction of time. The essay is organized around books by Hans Reichenbach, Paul Horwich, and Huw Price. I outline their major arguments and treat certain critical points in detail. I speculate at the end about the ways in which the subject may continue to develop and in which it may connect with other areas of ph…
Is Classical Mechanics Time Reversal Invariant
World Enough and Space-Time
John Earman's new book, World Enough and Space-Time (WEST) , is a brisk account of the controversy between space-time absolutists and relationists. The book is intended, one is told, to be “appropriate for use in an upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate course in the philosophy of science” (p. xi), but Earman's no-holds-barred approach to the mathematics of space-time theories will have bludgeoned most philosophical readers, undergradua…
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I-Counting is Counting
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There's No Time Like the Present (in Minkowski Spacetime)
Mark Hinchliff concludes a recent paper, “The Puzzle of Change,” with a section entitled “Is the Presentist Refuted by the Special Theory of Relativity?” His answer is “no.” I respond by arguing that presentists face great difficulties in merely stating their position in Minkowski spacetime. I round up some likely candidates for the job and exhibit their deficiencies
The Direction of Time
The aim of this essay is to introduce philosophers of science to some recent philosophical discussions of the nature and origin of the direction of time. The essay is organized around books by Hans Reichenbach, Paul Horwich, and Huw Price. I outline their major arguments and treat certain critical points in detail. I speculate at the end about the ways in which the subject may continue to develop and in which it may connect with other areas of ph…
Is Classical Mechanics Time Reversal Invariant
I-Counting is Counting
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Absolute informational content
World Enough and Space-Time
John Earman's new book, World Enough and Space-Time (WEST) , is a brisk account of the controversy between space-time absolutists and relationists. The book is intended, one is told, to be “appropriate for use in an upper-level undergraduate or beginning graduate course in the philosophy of science” (p. xi), but Earman's no-holds-barred approach to the mathematics of space-time theories will have bludgeoned most philosophical readers, undergradua…
Is Classical Mechanics Time Reversal Invariant
The Direction of Time
The aim of this essay is to introduce philosophers of science to some recent philosophical discussions of the nature and origin of the direction of time. The essay is organized around books by Hans Reichenbach, Paul Horwich, and Huw Price. I outline their major arguments and treat certain critical points in detail. I speculate at the end about the ways in which the subject may continue to develop and in which it may connect with other areas of ph…
Time's Arrow Today: Recent Physical and Philosophical Work on the Direction of Time
There's No Time Like the Present (in Minkowski Spacetime)
Mark Hinchliff concludes a recent paper, “The Puzzle of Change,” with a section entitled “Is the Presentist Refuted by the Special Theory of Relativity?” His answer is “no.” I respond by arguing that presentists face great difficulties in merely stating their position in Minkowski spacetime. I round up some likely candidates for the job and exhibit their deficiencies
Time, Reality & Experience
Why does time seem to flow in one direction? Can we influence the past? Is only the present real? Does relativity conflict with our common understanding of time? How does time relate to free will? Could science do away with time? These questions and others about time are among the most puzzling problems in philosophy and science. In this exciting collection of original articles, eminent philosophers propose novel answers to these and other questi…
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Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 works) · Physics (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Quantum mechanics (3 works) · Relativity and Gravitational Theory (3 works) · Spacetime (3 works)