Space, Time and Causality

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Absolute versus Relative Space and Time

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Three Steps Towards Absolutism

      • J. L. Mackie

      Pages 3-22

   3. Reply to Mackie

      • Jon Dorling

      Pages 23-35

   4. Absoluteness and Conspiracy

      • Elie Zahar

      Pages 37-41

3. Time and Causal Connectibility

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43

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   2. Prospects for a Causal Theory of Space-Time

      • Lawrence Sklar

      Pages 45-62

   3. Verificationism and Theories of Space-Time

      • Richard Swinburne

      Pages 63-76

4. Temporal and Causal Asymmetry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Temporal and Causal Asymmetry

      • Richard A. Healey

      Pages 79-103

   3. Temporal and Causal Asymmetry

      • W. H. Newton-Smith

      Pages 105-121

5. Causality and Quantum Mechanics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. How the Measurement Problem is an Artifact of the Mathematics

      • Nancy Cartwright

      Pages 125-134

   3. Measurement, Unitarity, and Laws

      • Jeremy Butterfield

      Pages 135-147

6. Causality, Relativity, and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Nonlocality and Peaceful Coexistence

      • Michael Redhead

      Pages 151-189

   3. Quantum Logic and Ensembles

      • Peter Gibbins

      Pages 191-205

7. Back Matter

   Pages 207-211

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy has been sponsoring conferences in alter­ nate years since 1969. These have from the start been intended to be of interest to persons who are not philosophers by profession. They have mainly focused on interdisciplinary areas such as the philosophies of psychology, education and the social sciences. The volumes arising from these conferences have included discussions between philosophers and distinguished practitioners of other disciplines relevant to the chosen topic. Beginning with the 1979 conference on 'Law, Morality and Rights' and the 1981 conference on 'Space, Time and Causality' these volumes are now constituted as a series. It is hoped that this series will contribute to advancing philosophical understanding at the frontiers of philosophy and areas of interest to non-philosophers. It is hoped that it will do so by writing which reduces technicalities as much as the subject-matter permits. In this way the series is intended to demonstrate that philosophy can be clear and worthwhile in itself and at the same time relevant to the interests of lay people.

• artifact
• causality
• education
• logic
• mathematics
• morality
• oral discourse
• philosophy
• psychology
• quantum mechanics
• space
• space and time
• time
• will
• writing

• Department of Philosophy, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, UK

  Richard Swinburne

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