The Direction of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven F Savitt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-370 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/47.3.347 |
| OpenAlex | W2321055859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 42 |
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 philosophy.
Epistemology · Philosophy of science · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Quantum Mechanics and Applications · Science and Climate Studies
Two Views on Time Reversal
Locating Temporal Passage in a Block World
Against Passage Illusionism
Time’s Direction and Orthodox Quantum Mechanics
Time reversal operations, representations of the Lorentz group, and the direction of time
The metaphysical underdetermination of time-reversal invariance
Causality as a theoretical concept
Exploring people’s beliefs about the experience of time
How to tell causes from effects
A challenge for experiential passage realism
Temporal dynamism and the persisting stable self
Physics and Chance
A Brief History of Time
I.—the Unreality of Time
The Charybdis of realism
Time, quantum mechanics, and decoherence
Physics and common causes
Two faces of Maxwell's demon reveal the nature of irreversibility
Common Cause Explanation
On Relativity Theory and Openness of the Future
An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to “The Problem of the Direction of Time”
A Defense of McTaggart's Proof of the Unreality of Time
Asymmetries in Time
Philosophical Problems of Space and Time
Towards a General Theory of Reduction. Part I
Spatial and Temporal Analogies and the Concept of Identity
Bringing About the Past
The Metaphysics of Time Reversal
Is Classical Mechanics Time Reversal Invariant
Is Classical Mechanics Really Time-reversible and Deterministic
Is Entropy Relevant to the Asymmetry Between Retrodiction and Prediction
The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and the Approach to Thermodynamic Equilibrium
Differing Criteria for Temporal Symmetry
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |