2001/03/15 by J. N. Butterfield, Butterfield, J. N. · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chaos, Complexity, and Education #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0103055
48 pages Latex. A shortened version will appear in 'The British Journal for Philosophy of Science'
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I discuss J. Barbour's Machian theories of dynamics, and his proposal that a Machian perspective enables one to solve the problem of time in quantum geometrodynamics (by saying that there is no time). I concentrate on his recent book 'The End of Time' (1999).