A Collection of Polish Works on Philosophical Problems of Time and Spacetime
This is a collection of some works of Polish philosophers and physicists on philosophical problems of time and spacetime. Without restricting the thematic scope of the papers, the issue conceming objectivity of time flow runs as a uniting thread through m
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor:
JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.
Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands DONALD DAVIDSON, University ofCalifomia, Berkeley, U.S.A. THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, Califomia, U.S.A. JAN WOLENSKI, Jagiellonian University, Krak6w, Poland
VOLUME 309
A COLLECTION OF POLISH WORKS ON PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF .TIME AND SPACETIME Edited by
HELENA EILSTEIN
The Institute 0/ Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy 0/ Science, Warsaw, Poland
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.Y.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-90-481-6039-6 ISBN 978-94-017-0097-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0097-9
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CONTENTS
HELENA EILSTEIN
PREFACE
vii
JERZYGOLOSZ
MOTION, SPACE, TIME
1
LESZEK M. SOKOLOWSKI
QUANTUM SPACETIME AND THE PROBLEM OF TIME IN QUANTUM GRAVITY
23
MICHAL HEUER
TIME AND PHYSICS - A NONCOMMUTATIVE REVOLUTION
47
JAN CZERNIA WSKI
FLOW OF TIME AS ASELECTION RULE IN GENERAL RELATIVITY
57
TOMASZ PLACEK
BRANCHING FOR A TRANSIENT TIME
73
HELENA EILSTEIN
AGAINST DETENSERS (NOT FOR TENSERS)
93
STEFAN SNIHUR
ON EXISTENCE OF THE FUTURE
127
ANDRZEJ P6LTA WSKI
THE PROBLEM OF TIME IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ROMAN INGARDEN
137
HELENA EILSTEIN
PREFACE
This is a collection of some works of Polish philosophers and physicists on philosophical problems of time and spacetime. Without restricting the thematic scope of the papers, the issue conceming objectivity of time flow runs as a uniting thread through most of them. Partly it is discussed directIy, and partly the authors focus on themes which are of paramount importance for one's attitude to that question. In the first six papers the authors deal with their topics against the background of contemporary physics, its theories, its difficulties and discussed conjectures. For the paper of S. Snihur that background is provided by everyday worId-outlook, and the author discusses the problem of existence and character of the future in the light of basic principles of cIassical logic. The paper of A. P61tawski, about the views of the outstanding polish philosopher Roman Ingarden, enriches the thematic scope of the coIIection introducing into it some questions from philosophical anthropology and ethics.
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