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Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks: Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes
- J. Earman
- Physics, Philosophy
- 2 November 1995
1. Introducing Spacetime Singularities and Acausalities 2. Defining, Characterizing, and Proving the Existence 3. Cosmic Censorship 4. Supertasks 5. The Big Bang and the Horizon Problem 6. Time… Expand
What Price Spacetime Substantivalism? The Hole Story
Spacetime substantivalism leads to a radical form of indeterminism within a very broad class of spacetime theories which include our best spacetime theory, general relativity. Extending an argument… Expand
Bayes or Bust? A Critical Examination of Bayesian Confirmation Theory.
- Paul Castell, J. Earman
- Philosophy
- 1 July 1995
An Attempt to Add a Little Direction to "The Problem of the Direction of Time"
- J. Earman
- Sociology
- Philosophy of Science
- 1 March 1974
It is argued that the main problem with "the problem of the direction of time" is to figure out what the problem is or is supposed to be. Towards this end, an attempt is made to disentangle and to… Expand
Forever Is a Day: Supertasks in Pitowsky and Malament-Hogarth Spacetimes
The standard theory of computation excludes computations whose completion requires an infinite number of steps. Malament-Hogarth spacetimes admit observers whose pasts contain entire future-directed,… Expand
CETERIS PARIBUS, THERE IS NO PROBLEM OF PROVISOS
- J. Earman, John Roberts
- Philosophy, Computer Science
- Synthese
- 1 March 1999
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Two Challenges to the Requirement of Substantive General Covariance
- J. Earman
- Computer Science
- Synthese
- 2004
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World enough and space-time : absolute versus relational theories of space and time
- J. Earman
- Philosophy
- 1 July 1992
Newton's "Principia "introduced conceptions of space and time that launched one of the most famous and sustained debates in the history of physics, a controversy that involves fundamental concerns in… Expand