Presentists can believe in closed timelike curves

Analysis 63 (3):199–202 (2003)
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It is often thought that presentism is incompatible with time travel. I will argue that this common view is incorrect. Specifically, I will argue that presentism is compatible with some stories that involve closed timelike curves, and that some of these stories are time-travel stories.

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