Review

"This book juxtaposes articles by physicists and philosophers...four major themes of the book: quantum mechanics, the measurement problem, cosmology, and the arrow of time...One of the most useful articles in this collection, a previously published essay by philosopher Lawrence Sklar, discusses attempts to derive time asymmetry from kinetic theory." David Layzer, American Journal of Physics

"I heartily recommend this collection to anyone, philosopher or scientist, interested in the direction of time. Many of the papers make significant contributions to the field, and I found almost all of them quite interesting. I am confident this book will emerge as a standard text in the philosophy of time." Craig Callender, Canadian Philosophical Review

"In this excellent collection of well-documented works by eminent scholars on the direction of time, fundamental questions concerning the nature of time are discussed....With its highly original material written by professional physicists and philosophers, it will be understood by upper division undergraduates, graduate students and faculty." C.H. McGruder III, Choice

Book Description

While experience tells us that time flows from the past to the present and into the future, a number of philosophical and physical objections exist to this commonsense view of dynamic time. In this book, researchers from both physics and philosophy attempt to answer these issues in an interesting, yet rigorous way.