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In this paper I analyze this variety of transient time theory that relies on the notion of open future. I present algebraic models of phenomena with transient time, understood as above. The models are then linked to relativistic spacetimes. I finally address some interpretational issues and defend the theory of branching time against David Lewis’ objections.
This paper contains some passages from my book Is Nature Deterministici, (2000), Cracow, Jagiellonian University Press. It has has been stimulated by discussions I had with Jacek Cachro and Thomas Müller. I wish also to thank Professor Helena Eilstein for her many careful and extremely detailed comments and corrections.
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Placek, T. (2002). Branching for a Transient Time. In: Eilstein, H. (eds) A Collection of Polish Works on Philosophical Problems of Time and Spacetime. Synthese Library, vol 309. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0097-9_5
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