Time's arrow and the structure of spacetime

Philosophy of Science 46 (1):82-97 (1979)
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The theory of general relativity has produced some great insights into the nature of space and time. Unfortunately, its relevance to the problem of the direction of time has been overestimated. This paper points out that the problem of the direction of time can be formulated in purely local ways, and that in this kind of formulation considerations of general relativity are of little or no importance. On the basis of this, positions which assume that relativistic considerations are always relevant are criticised

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The Nature of Time.T. Gold & D. L. Schumacher - 1969 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 20 (1):88-89.

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