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Phil 404: Philosophy of Science – Time
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Blackboard (syllabus, announcements, readings, assignments &c)
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Schedule (subject to revision):
• Introduction
Jan 12-16:
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 4/16, 4/24, 5/15, 6/10, 6/11, 6/22
Callender: Introducing Time – pp.3-29
• Time in Physics I – Relativity:
Jan 19-23:
Mellor: Real Time II – Ch 1
Wald: Space, Time and Gravity – Ch 1
Jan 26-30:
Huggett: Spacetime and the Theory of Relativity
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 5/29, 6/15
Feb 2-6:
Wald: Space, Time and Gravity – Ch 2-3
Lockwood: The Labyrinth of Time – Ch 3
Feb 9-13:
Lockwood: The Labyrinth of Time – Ch 4-5
Wald: Space, Time and Gravity – Ch 4
• Time Travel:
Feb 16-20:
Lockwood: The Labyrinth of Time – Ch 6
Huggett: Time Travel
Feb 23-27:
Huggett: Why Can’t I Stop My Younger Self From Traveling?
• Time in Physics II - Time’s ‘Arrow’:
Mar 2-6:
Penrose: The Emperor’s New Mind – Ch 7
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 5/11, 6/2
Mar 9-13:
Maudlin: The Passage of Time
• Time and Experience I – The Passage of Time:
Mar 16-20:
Eddington: The Nature of the Physical World – Ch 5
Dennett: Consciousness Explained – §6.1-2
Mar 23-27: Spring Break
Mar 30-Apr 3:
Mather: Foundations of Perception – selections
Apr 6-10:
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 6/5
Huggett: Passing Time in a Block Universe
Huggett: Time and Tralfamadore
• Time and Experience II – Past, Present and Future:
Apr 13-17:
Lockwood: The Labyrinth of Time – Ch 11-2
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 5/3, 5/20
Apr 20-24:
Callender: The Common Now
Lightman: Einstein’s Dreams – 5/22
Apr 27-May 1:
Hartle: The Physics of Now