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Branching Space-Times: Theory and Applications

ISBN: 9780190884314

Contributors: Belnap, Nuel (Author)
Müller, Thomas (Author)
Placek, Tomasz (Author)

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2021

Binding: Hardcover (Readerbound Available)

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Description

This monograph presents the first detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times (BST). The theory presented here by Nuel Belnap, Thomas Muller, and Tomasz Placek describes how real possibilities can be anchored in a spatio-temporal world that is rudimentarily relativistic. Things that are possible in Cleveland are not possible in San Francisco; other things were possible in 1988 but are not possible in 2021. BST represents such possibilities using a mathematically rigorous framework that combines modality and rudimentary relativistic space-times. The book is divided into two parts: the first contains the exposition of the theory, including detailed proofs; the second contains three applications of BST in metaphysics and philosophy of science, focusing on the use of BST to represent pertinent forms of indeterminism in each area. <p/><em>This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.</em>

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