Why ‘NOW’?

Peter J. Riggs*

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    Abstract

    A recently published hypothesis on the nature of time by physicist Robert Muller seeks to provide an objective account of the present moment (the ‘now’) and the ‘flow’ of time. Muller also claims that his hypothesis makes testable predictions. It is shown that the predictions offered cannot be used to test Muller’s hypothesis, that the hypothesis (as presented) does not rate scientific status, has a number of questionable metaphysical premises, and is merely a re-fashioning of the Growing Block theory of time.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)171-180
    Number of pages10
    JournalJournal for General Philosophy of Science
    Volume50
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2019

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