Dear all, this coming Friday we shall finish off the introduction to the theory of relativity and discuss some of its interpretations, as well as some of its implications for the philosophy of time. The reading for this week is a paper by Balashov criticising an attempt (by William Craig) to defend presentism within a relativistic framework.
Essential Reading
Balshov - Presentism and Relativity
Further Readings
Hinchliff - A defence of Presentism in a Relativistic Setting
Mellor - Special Relativity and Present Truth
Craig - The Tenseless Theory of Time
No comments:
Post a Comment