Time, Causality, and the Quantum Theory Studies in the Philosophy of
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE EDITED BY ROBERT S. COHEN AND MARX W. WARTOFSKY
VOLUME 19
HENRY MEHLBERG
HENRY MEHLBERG
TIME, CAUSALITY, AND THE QUANTUM THEORY Studies in the Philosophy of Science VOLUME TWO Time in a Quantized Universe Edited by ROBERT S. COHEN
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT: HOLLAND I BOSTON: U.S.A. LONDON: ENGLAND
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mehlberg, Henry, 1904-1979 Time, causality, and the quantum theory. (Boston studies in the philosophy of science; v. 19) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. CONTENTS: v. 1. Essay on the casual theory of time. - v. 2. Time in a quantized universe. 1. Space and time. 2. Causality (Physics). 3. Quantum theory. 4. Physics-Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series. Q174.B67 vol. 19 [QCI73.59.S65] SOls [530.1'1) ISBN-13: 978-90-277-1076-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-8988-7
e-ISBN-I3: 978-94-009-8988-7
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME II : TIME IN A QUANTIZED UNIVERSE
Part III: An Indeterministic Theory a/Time I. II. III. N. V.
Philosophical Interpretations of Quantum Physics The Problem of Causality in an Indeterministic Science Relativity and the Atom Laws of Nature and Time's Arrow The Symmetry of Time and the Branch Hypothesis
3 75
113 152 203
Part IV: Universal Aspects a/Time I. II. III. N. V. VI.
The Measurement of Time The Ontological Status of Time The Reality of Time The Causal Nature of Time The Symmetry of Time The Psychology of Time
CONCLUSION
211 225 235 243 250 255 259
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED IN VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
edited by Carolyn R. Fawcett
262
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS OF HENRY MEHLBERG
283
INDEX OF NAMES TO VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
285
T ABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I
ESSAY ON THE CAUSAL THEORY OF TIME
EDITORIAL NOTE INTRODUCTION TO VOLUMES I AND II ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Part I: The Causal Theory of Time in the Works of Its Principal Representatives
I. Leibniz and the Beginnings of the Causal Theory of Time 1. The Relational Theory 2. The Causal Theory II. Kant's Phenomenalist Interpretation of the Causal Theory of Time 1. General Remarks on Kant's Phenomenalism 2. The Causal Theory of Simultaneity 3. The Causal Theory of Succession 4. Examination
