Branching Space-Times
Branching Space-Times
Theory and Applications
Mueller, Thomas; Placek, Tomasz; Belnap, Nuel
Oxford University Press Inc
03/2022
456
Dura
Inglês
9780190884314
15 a 20 dias
786
I The Core Theory
1. Introduction
2. The Foundations of Branching Space-Times
3. Two options for the branching of histories
4. Building upon the foundations of Branching Space-Times
5. Modal funny business
6. Causation in terms of causae causantes
7. Probabilities
II Applications
8. Quantum correlations
9. Branching in relativistic space-times
10. A Branching Space-Times perspective on presentism
III Appendix
A. Selected proofs and additional material
B. Answers to selected exercises
Bibliography
Index
I The Core Theory
1. Introduction
2. The Foundations of Branching Space-Times
3. Two options for the branching of histories
4. Building upon the foundations of Branching Space-Times
5. Modal funny business
6. Causation in terms of causae causantes
7. Probabilities
II Applications
8. Quantum correlations
9. Branching in relativistic space-times
10. A Branching Space-Times perspective on presentism
III Appendix
A. Selected proofs and additional material
B. Answers to selected exercises
Bibliography
Index