A model of the universe space-time, probability, and decision

The author presents an original philosophical theory of the nature of the universe based on a striking new model of its space-time structure. He shows that this theory can illuminate a wide variety of hitherto unresolved philosophical problems. These include: the direction and flow of time; the natu...

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Main Author: McCall, Storrs
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1994, 1994
Series:Clarendon library of logic and philosophy / Clarendon library of logic and philosophy
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