{"product_id":"what-makes-time-special-9780198797302","title":"What Makes Time Special?","description":"As we navigate through life we instinctively model time as having a flowing present that divides a fixed past from open future. This model develops in childhood and is deeply saturated within our language, thought and behavior, affecting our conceptions of the universe, freedom and the self.\u003cbr\u003eYet as central as it is to our lives, physics seems to have no room for this flowing present. \u003cem\u003eWhat Makes Time Special?\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates this claim in detail and then turns to two novel positive tasks. First, by looking at the world \"sideways\" - in the spatial directions -- it shows that physics is not\u003cbr\u003e\"spatializing time\" as is commonly alleged. Even relativity theory makes significant distinctions between the spacelike and timelike directions, often with surprising consequences. Second, if the flowing present is an illusion, it is a deep one worthy of explanation. The author develops a picture\u003cbr\u003ewhereby the temporal flow arises as an interaction effect between an observer and the physics of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing insights from philosophy, cognitive science, biology, psychology and physics, the theory claims that the flowing present model of time is the natural reaction to the perceptual and evolutionary challenges thrown at us. Modeling time as flowing makes sense even if it misrepresents it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Callender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198797302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraig Callender, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, University of California\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCraig Callender earned his PhD with research on the direction of time at Rutgers University. He then worked at the London School of Economics before moving to the University of California, San Diego. He has interests in time and physics, the interpretation of quantum mechanics, quantum gravity, philosophy of science, and environmental ethics. He is editor of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time (2011).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43048347467891,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":124.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b7427a27-ad61-4852-b4c1-9d5afe7345db.jpg?v=1746882538","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/what-makes-time-special-9780198797302","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}