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On Gödel and the Ideality of Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

John Byron Manchak
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Abstract

Gödel’s remarks concerning the ideality of time are examined. In the literature, some of these remarks have been somewhat neglected while others have been heavily criticized. In this article, I propose a clear and defensible sense in which Gödel’s work bears on the question whether there is an objective lapse of time in our world.

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Space, Time, and Space-Time
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 83 , Issue 5 , December 2016 , pp. 1050 - 1058
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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I wish to thank Thomas Barrett, Gordon Belot, David Malament, Steve Savitt, and Jim Weatherall for helpful discussions. Special thanks to Thomas Barrett for presenting this article a few days before the birth of baby June. The article is dedicated to baby June.

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