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The Causal Theory of Time: A Critique of Grünbaum's Version

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Hugh M. Lacey
Hugh M. Lacey*
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
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Abstract

After precisely specifying the thesis of the causal theory of time, Grünbaum's program developed to support this thesis is examined. Four objections to his definition of temporal order in terms of a more primitive causal relation are put and held to be conclusive. Finally, the philosophical arguments that Grünbaum has proposed supporting the desirability of establishing a causal theory of time are shown to be either invalid or inconclusive.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 332 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1968

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Footnotes

†

I am grateful to Professors W. Salmon and M. Scriven for helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper.

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