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SUMMARY:Time's arrow and Eddington's challenge - Huw Price (Faculty of Phi
 losophy)
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CONTACT:Karin Ekholm
DESCRIPTION:When Sir Arthur Eddington died in 1944\, _Time_ magazine noted
  that 'one of mankind's most reassuring cosmic thinkers' had passed away: 
 'Sir Arthur\,' _Time_ said\, had 'discoursed on his cosmic subject with a 
 wit and clarity rare among scientists.'\n\nOne of Eddington's favourite co
 smic subjects was 'time's arrow'\, a term he himself introduced to the lit
 erature in his 1928 book\, _The Nature of the Physical World_ (though with
 out his celebrated clarity about what it actually means\, as Grunbaum was 
 later to note). What is clear is that Eddington thought that there is some
 thing essential about time that physics is liable to neglect: the fact tha
 t it 'goes on'\, as he often puts it.\n\nDespite the best efforts of Grunb
 aum\, Smart and many other philosophers to pour cold water on this idea\, 
 similar claims are still made today\, in physics as well as in philosophy.
  All sides in these debates can profit\, in my view\, by going back to Edd
 ington. Eddington appreciates some of the pitfalls of these claims with gr
 eater clarity than most of their contemporary proponents\; and also issues
  a challenge to rival views that deserves to be better known.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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