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Branching space-times : theory and applications /

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This monograph presents a detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times (BST). The theory presented here by Nuel Belnap, Thomas Müller, and Tomasz Placek describes how real possibilities can be anchored in a spatio-temporal world that is rudimentarily relativistic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Belnap, Nuel, 1930- (Author), Müller, Thomas, 1969- (Author), Placek, Tomasz, 1960- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Subjects:
Space and time.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Foundations of Branching Space-Times
  • Two Options for the Branching of Histories
  • Building upon the Foundations of Branching Space-Times
  • Modal Funny Business
  • Causation in Terms of causae causantes
  • Probabilities
  • Quantum Correlations
  • Branching in Relativistic Space-Times
  • A Branching Space-Times Perspective on Presentism.