PIRSA:06070042 Conference

DOI10.48660/06070042

Conference/School: Quantum Reality, Relativistic Causality, and Closing the Epistemic Circle - 2006

Savitt, S. (2006). The transient nows. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/06070042

Savitt, Steve. The transient nows. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 18, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06070042 

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  author = {Savitt, Steve},
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  language = {en},
  title = {The transient nows},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2006},
  month = {jul},
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Abstract

It is often suggested that the special theory of relativity is incompatible with any notion of the passage of time. I shall try to show, following in the footsteps of Abner Shimony, that there is transience to be found in Minkowski spacetime, but this transience is local rather than global.

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