Direction of Time

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Albeverio, Sergio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Blanchard, Philippe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: History.; Philosophy and science.; Physics.; History of Science.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Philosophy of Science.

This edited book presents the problems of time and direction from an interdisciplinary point of view, concentrating in particular on the following relations: • Time and physics • Time, philosophy and psychology • Time, mathematics and information theory It is a unique contribution by philosophers an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Models of time
• On Abuse of Time-metaphors
• The Direction of Time, The Role of Reversibility/Irreversibility in the Study of Nature
• The Arrow of Time and Information Theory
• ASYMMETRIES, IRREVERSIBILITY, AND DYNAMICS OF TIME1
• IS TIME REAL?
• Is time directed?
• On the different aspects of time in the fundamental theories of physics
• Quantum Events and Irreversibility
• Time in modern philosophy of physics { a survey
• THE DIRECTION OF TIME IN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
• Physics and Our Intuitive Outlook on Time
• The philosophical significance of the relativistic conception of time
• The Direction of Time in Quantum Mechanics
• GEOMETRY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME
• A Computer’s Arrow of Time
• Two-way thermodynamics: Could it really happen?
• Where to Put It? The Direction of Time Between Axioms and Supplementary Conditions
• A Simple Model for Decoherence
• Two Arrows of Time in Nonlocal Particle Dynamics
• Boundary conditions, time reversal and measurements
• Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time
• Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time II1.