The Metaphysical Possibility of Time Travel Fictions
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DOI: 10.1007/s10670-021-00403-y
Abstract: In some stories, time travellers cannot change the past. It is widely accepted that this is metaphysically possible. In some stories, time travellers can change the past. Many philosophers have explained how that, too, is… read more here.
Keywords: time; time travel; travel fictions; possibility time ... See more keywords
Possibility and Time in Quantum Mechanics
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DOI: 10.3390/e24020249
Abstract: In the discourse of quantum mechanics it is usual to say that non-commuting observables cannot have definite values at the same time, or that they cannot be simultaneously measured. But, what does the term ‘cannot’… read more here.
Keywords: time; quantum mechanics; mechanics; possibility time ... See more keywords