PIRSA:25060040

The Elusiveness 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 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:25060040,
            doi = {10.48660/25060040},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/25060040},
            author = {Ismael, Jenann},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Elusiveness of Time},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2025},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:25060040 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Jenann Ismael Johns Hopkins University

Talk numberPIRSA:25060040
DOI10.48660/25060040
Collection
Talk Type Conference

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.