Time, Reality and Experience

Collection of original essays by leading philosophers on a range of questions about time.

Can we influence the past? Is only the present real? In this exciting collection of original articles, eminent philosophers discuss these and other questions about time. Based on the latest research in philosophy and physics, these essays will be enjoyable to anyone with a speculative turn of mind.Why does time seem to flow in one direction? Can we influence the past? Is only the present real? Does relativity conflict with our common understanding of time? How does time relate to free will? Could science do away with time? These questions and others about time are among the most puzzling problems in philosophy and science. In this exciting collection of original articles, eminent philosophers propose novel answers to these and other questions. Based on the latest research in philosophy and physics, these essays will be enjoyable to anyone with a speculative turn of mind.