Callender, Craig

What Makes Time Special?

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ISBN 13:: 9780192887467
author:: Callender, Craig
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Oxford University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 368
Dimensions:: 22.6 x 16.5 x 3.1 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Metaphysics,
Condition:: New
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What Makes Time Special? explores how our understanding of time is shaped by our everyday experiences and language. Despite its central role in our lives, physics appears to have no room for the flowing present that we intuitively model.

The author challenges this assumption, arguing that physics does not "spatialize" time as commonly believed. Instead, relativity theory reveals significant distinctions between spacelike and timelike directions, with surprising consequences.

What Makes Time Special? also examines the nature of our experience of time, suggesting that the flowing present model is a natural reaction to the perceptual and evolutionary challenges we face. This thought-provoking book draws on insights from philosophy, cognitive science, biology, psychology, and physics to shed new light on the human experience of time.

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