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Present and Future in Quantum Mechanics Parmenides Workshop 19: “The Forgotten Present,” April 29–May 2, 2010 Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy pp 211-229 | Cite as Michael Drieschner (1) Email author ([email protected]) 1. Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany Chapter 574 Downloads Part of the On Thinking book series (ONTHINKING, volume 4)

Abstract After a short overview over the questions of time, permanence, and change in the philosophical tradition, the concept of time in physics is discussed. The fact is emphasized that the usual real parameter t is not sufficient, in some cases, to solve conceptual problems of physics. Sometimes it becomes necessary to consider the “full” concept of time with present, past, and future. This can be seen already with the concept of objectivity, which is intimately connected with predictions. It comes out very clearly especially in probability considerations: The concept of probability can be best understood when it is identified with predicted relative frequency. This insight is used to recall a solution of the problem of the “time arrow” in statistical thermodynamics. It is applied mainly to quantum mechanics, where it is shown that there are rather simple solutions, e.g., to the problem of the “collapse of the wave function” and the “EPR” problem; there the “spooky actions at a distance” are unmasked to be no actions at all.

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