North, Jill (2008) Two Views on Time Reversal. UNSPECIFIED.

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In a recent paper, Malament (2004) employs a time reversal transformation that differs from the standard one, without explicitly arguing for it. This is a new and important understanding of time reversal that deserves arguing for in its own right. I argue that it improves upon the standard one. Recent discussion has focused on whether velocities should undergo a time reversal operation. I address a prior question: What is the proper notion of time reversal? This is important, for it will affect our conclusion as to whether our best theories are time-reversal symmetric, and hence whether our spacetime is temporally oriented.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID North, Jill
Keywords:	Time reversal; time reversal transformation; time reversal symmetry; invariance; Malament.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User:	Jill North
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2009
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:18
Item ID:	4960
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics
Date:	April 2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4960

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