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Physical Time as Human Time

History and Philosophy of Physics 2023-07-18 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

I dissent from the standard assertion of a "Two Times Problem," in which physical time is taken as being at odds with the human sense of a "flow of time." I provide a brief overview of the case to be made for the contrary view: namely, that physical theory is indeed consistent with a genuine temporal dynamism that takes into account the quantum level in connection with spacetime emergence, the latter being supervenient on specific quantum processes.

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@article{arxiv.2307.07668,
  title  = {Physical Time as Human Time},
  author = {Ruth E. Kastner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.07668},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Invited Comment on Gruber, Block and Montemayor (2022). To appear in Timing and Time Perception

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