PIRSA:25060040 Conference

DOI10.48660/25060040

Conference/School: Lee's Fest: Quantum Gravity and the Nature of Time

Ismael, J. (2025). The Elusiveness of Time. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/25060040

Ismael, Jenann. The Elusiveness of Time. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 03, 2025, https://pirsa.org/25060040 

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  author = {Ismael, Jenann},
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  language = {en},
  title = {The Elusiveness of Time},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2025},
  month = {jun},
  note = {PIRSA:25060040 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

Lee’s most philosophical work is a probing challenge to the "timeless" view prevailing in much of physics. I’’ll say why I think he is right that the idea of the universe as a fixed totality of events is a mirage, and one that arises– as he argued – from extending techniques appropriate for open subsystems to the universe as a whole. Time (for any system in the universe) is irresolubly open-ended, ongoing, and incomplete.

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