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Did Time Have a Beginning? A Meeting Point for Science and Philosophy

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The question appearing in my title: Did time have a beginning? certainly does look like an obvious “shared question/problem” within a session concerned with time. This does not mean, however, that my task will be a simple one. Why?

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Veneziano, G. (2009). Did Time Have a Beginning? A Meeting Point for Science and Philosophy. In: Carafoli, E., Danieli, G.A., Longo, G.O. (eds) The Two Cultures: Shared Problems. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0869-4_1

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