Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻"Theoretical physicist and author, Julian Barbour, talks to us about why time is an illusion and what this means for the quantum mechanics of the universe. "
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@philosophy @apodoxus what a fascinating, genial, brilliant man. Love his work and Carlo Rovelli’s.
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I like the idea about time split at the big bang. I wonder how this relates to the interpretation in QFT of anti particles as particles traveling backwards in time?
I like the idea about time split at the big bang. I wonder how this relates to the interpretation in QFT of anti particles as particles traveling backwards in time?
Krishna Del Toso@apodoxus @philosophy thanks for sharing!
I didn't know Barbour before. I really like his Aristotelian take on time inferred from change and his Kṣaṇikavāda-like view on movement.
I didn't know Barbour before. I really like his Aristotelian take on time inferred from change and his Kṣaṇikavāda-like view on movement.
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy I'm not sure if I knew Aristotle saw it that way but I certainly have for a while now.
@apodoxus @philosophy Aristotle discussed time as "something" that exists, but suggested that we become aware of the passing of time by observing things changing. From that (I think) we can counter-infer that if things didn't change, then we couldn't perceive time (as before, now, after). So change appears to be - as it were - central, time is - as it were - secondary (an illusion?).
On the subject there's also John Ellis McTaggart's book "The Unreality of Time", quite intriguing.
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy McTaggart I knew about, I just never studied Aristotle's Physics. Thanks for informing me! Are you a metaphysicisian?
@apodoxus @philosophy I mainly work on Indian philosophy. Lately I'm focused on the idea(s) of causality according to a "lost" school called Lokāyata and on some translations of ancient Buddhist texts. But this I do in my spare time.
During the week I work as a consultant with wannabe entrepreneurs and SME.
During the week I work as a consultant with wannabe entrepreneurs and SME.
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy Nice, I did notice the Sanskrit there. I'm pretty interested in presectarian Buddhist philology myself. Been thinking about going back further recently too but haven't gotten around to it yet.Thanks for the input anyway :)
@apodoxus @philosophy that's really a good topic! Presectarian Buddhist philology I mean.
If I may and if you do not already know it, I suggest K. R. Norman's book "A Philological Approach to Buddhism" (open-access). It gathers the lectures he delivered at the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai in Japan.
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy Thanks, I've read some of Norman's papers (esp on 4NT) but didn't know he had a book. This sounds like something I should have read in the beginning based on the chapter titles. Thanks!
@apodoxus @philosophy there are also the 8 vols. of Norman's collected papers, but these are of course articles issued on journals or as book chapters and then republished.
@krishnadeltoso @philosophy Thanks. Passed this info to a friend in Buddhist studies, he didn't know about it either.
@apodoxus @philosophy I'm happy for that :-) your friend can find there not all but almost all Norman's papers, and considered his vast production over decades, it's very convenient to find them collected in one place.