The End of Time?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I discuss J. Barbour's Machian theories of dynamics, and his proposal that a Machian perspective enables one to solve the problem of time in quantum geometrodynamics (by saying that there is no time). I concentrate on his recent book 'The End of Time' (1999).
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0103055,
title = {The End of Time?},
author = {J. N. Butterfield},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0103055},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
48 pages Latex. A shortened version will appear in 'The British Journal for Philosophy of Science'