Change, the Arrow of Time, and Divine Eternity in Light of Relativity Theory
This book has two aims; first, to provide a new account of time's arrow in light of relativity theory; second, to explain how God, being eternal, relates to our world, marked as it is by change and time. In part one, Saudek argues that time is not the expansive universal 'wave' that i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing
2020.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43246874*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: Relativity theory and the passage of time
- 2. Models of time - a brief survey
- 3. The impact of the special theory of relativity on the philosophy of time
- 4. Cosmic time
- 5. World-wide becoming, block universe, or some tertium? Contemporary answers to the problem of time and relativity theory
- 6. Against substantival passage
- 7. Understanding how change relates to time
- 8. Duration of processes of change according to a causal theory
- 9. The arrow of time: the full derivation
- 10. Objections and comparisons
- 11. Our changing world
- Part II: God, change, and time
- 12. Does God change?
- 13. God's relations to temporal being
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- The unlimited, the limited, and the world.
