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Time Reversal

Roberts, Bryan W. (2019) Time Reversal. [Preprint]

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This article deals with the question of what time reversal means. It begins with a presentation of the standard account of time reversal, with plenty of examples, followed by a popular non-standard account. I argue that, in spite of recent commentary to the contrary, the standard approach to the meaning of time reversal is the only one that is philosophically and physically viable. The article concludes with a few open research problems about time reversal.


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Roberts, Bryan W.b.w.roberts@lse.ac.uk0000-0003-0548-1280
Additional Information: Prepared for the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Physics, Eleanor Knox and Alistair Wilson (Eds).
Keywords: time reversal, philosophy of physics, philosophy of time, symmetry
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Depositing User: Dr. Bryan W. Roberts
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2018 15:59
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2019 09:24
Item ID: 15033
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
Date: 2019
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15033

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