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Change, the Arrow of Time, and Divine Eternity in Light of Relativity Theory

Change, the Arrow of Time, and Divine Eternity in Light of Relativity Theory

Saudek, Daniel

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Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion

PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 3030384136
ISBN13: 9783030384135
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Mar 20 2021
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book has two aims; first, to provide a new account of time's arrow in light of relativity theory; second, to explain how God, being eternal, relates to our world, marked as it is by change and time.

In part one, Saudek argues that time is not the expansive universal 'wave' that is appears to be, but nor are we living in an unchanging block. Rather, time is real but local: there are infinitely many arrows of time in the universe, each with their own fixed past and open future. This model is based on the ontology of substances which can exist in different states, marked by different properties. On this basis, a derivation of temporal precedence and of the asymmetry between the fixed past and the open future is provided. Time's arrow is thus 'attached' to substances, and is therefore a local rather than global phenomenon, though by no means an illusory or merely subjective one.

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