Monton, Bradley (2005) Presentism and Quantum Gravity. [Preprint]
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Abstract
There is a philosophical tradition of arguing against presentism, the thesis that only presently existing things exist, on the basis of its incompatibility with fundamental physics. I grant that presentism is incompatible with special and general relativity, but argue that presentism is not incompatible with quantum gravity, because there are some theories of quantum gravity that utilize a fixed foliation of spacetime. I reply to various objections to this defense of presentism, and point out a flaw in Gödel’s modal argument for the ideality of time. This paper provides an interesting case study of the interplay between physics and philosophy.
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Keywords: | constant mean curvature, fixed foliation, Mark Hinchliff, Gordon Belot, John Earman, Craig Callender, Kurt Gödel | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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Depositing User: | Bradley Monton | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 19 May 2005 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:13 | ||||||
Item ID: | 2308 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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Date: | May 2005 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2308 |
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