Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy The Forg
The current volume of the Parmenides Series “On Thinking” addresses our deepest and most personal experience of the world, the experience of “the present,” from a modern perspective combining physics and philosophy. Many prominent researchers have contrib
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PARMENIDES BOOK SERIES
ON THINKING
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On Thinking Series Editors Ernst Pöppel Parmenides Foundation, Kirchplatz 1, D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany and Human Science Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Goethestr. 31, D-80336 Munich, Germany Albrecht von Müller Parmenides Foundation, Kirchplatz 1, D-82049 Munich/Pullach, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7816
Albrecht von Müller • Thomas Filk Editors
Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy The Forgotten Present
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Editors Albrecht von Müller Parmenides Stiftung Pullach Bayern Germany
ISSN 1867-4208 ISBN 978-3-319-10445-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10446-1
Thomas Filk Institute of Physics University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
ISSN 1867-4216 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-10446-1 (eBook)
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Editor’s Preface to This Volume
Our most immediate and intimate experience of the world, the experience of a present is not accounted for in physics, and even modern philosophy tends to avoid this subject. This is in sharp contrast to classical philosophy: the treatises of Aristotle and Augustine of Hippo on time and the notion of “now” belong to the deepest discussions of this subject even until today. While Einstein might have hoped that “the present” will find its place in the theory of relativity, he later, in a discussion with Carnap, expressed his disappointment that he was not able to realize this hope. In October 2006 and in May 2010, the Parmenides Foundation organized two workshops dedicated to the subject of “The Present.” In both cases, scientists from Physics and Philosophy presented and discussed their ideas about
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