A PHILOSOPHY OF THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE-TIME

  The Worldview of Relative Simultaneity

        Written in Dec. 2006

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  Does "Four-Dimensional Space-Time"
   really exist?

  Consideration of problems of reality about the four-dimensional
  space-time the theory of relativity posed.
  A challenge of thought
  to the logical, epistemic issues about Time
  and to the problems of Freedom,
  by flying over from cosmic vantage points
  to life viewpoints.

        published by SHINSENSYA (Oct. 2007, Tokyo)

Price: 2,310 yen (Tax Included)  Soft Cover

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<CHAPTERS & CONTENTS>

CHAPTER I     Relativity and Four-dimensional spacetime
      ----- Reality of the four-dimensional spacetime and determinism

CHAPTER II    The Problems of Continuity and Contradiction
      ----- Achilles and the Tortoise paradox, relativistically

CHAPTER III   The Problems of Time Representation
      ----- Flowing consciousness and time travel

CHAPTER IV    Ethics issues (about Freedom)
      ----- What is Freedom for Spatio-temporal Worms?

(Outline) -> The illustrated Guide of "PHILOSOPHY OF THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE-TIME" (in Japanese)

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<INDEX>

•   Introduction
  
  
•   CHAPTER I     Relativity and Four-dimensional spacetime
  
  
  [The First half] ---- Outlining the Theory of Relativity ----
  
  •   1. The Relativity of the Equipositionality and the Relativity of Simultaneity
    
    
  •   2. The Principle of Light Speed Invariance
    
    
  •   3. The Relativity of Simultaneity, Time Dilation, and the Length Contraction
    
    (1) The Relativity of Simultaneity
    (2) Time Dilation
    (3) The Length Contraction
    (4) The Lorentz Transformation and the Special Theory of Relativity
    
    
    
  •   4. Minkowski's Four-Dimensional Space-Time
    
    
  •   5. The General Theory of Relativity and the Distorted Space-time
    
    [The Latter half] ---- Philosophical Examination ----
    
  •   6. Does Four-Dimensional Space-time exist?
    
    
  •   7. Deterministic Worldview
    
    
  •   8. Problems in the Quantum Theory
    
    (1) The Establishment Process of Quantum Mechanics
    (2) Observation Problem
    (3) Abstract Universality and Concrete Individuality
    
    
    
•   CHAPTER II    The Problems of Continuity and Contradiction
  
  
  
  •   1. Achilles and the Tortoise
    
    
  •   2. Achilles and the Tortoise Based on the Principle of Relativity
    
    
  •   3. Changes in the Distance, the Dichotomy Paradox and Arrow Paradox
    
    
  •   4. Existence of Four-Dimensional Space-time
    
    
  •   5. The Difference between Space and Time
    
    
  •   6. The Continuity of Velocity
    
    
  •   7. Logic Looks at Time from a Macroscopic Perspective
    
    
  •   8. Zeno's Thoughts and Einstein
    
    
•   CHAPTER III   The Problems of Time Representation
  
  
  
  •   1. Reflective consideration to Time
    
    (1) About Time, assumed in the philosophical arguments
    (2) Objective Time (Investigations for universal unit of Time)
    (3) Subjective Time (Temporal modality and subjective concreteness)
    
    
    
  •   2. The World model of Spatio-temporal Scanning
    
    
  •   3. Some objects with "Now" but the others without "Now"
    
    
  •   4. About Time travel
    
    
  •   5. About the Direction of Time
    
    
•   CHAPTER IV    Ethics issues (about Freedom)
  
  
  
  •   1. Toward a theory of Freedom
    
    
  •   2. Temporal flow and Free will
    
    
  •   3. Analysis of the Objective Free concept
    
    (1) Approach of investigation of 'Freedom'
    (2) Spatio-temporal Determinism and objective problems about free-or-not
    (3) Evolved Freedom in the history of Nature
    (4) Freedom as Force (Ability) ----- What is Force?
    (5) Aspects of Freedom, which are traded off
    (6) Powers and Freedom
    
    
    
  •   4. Analysis of the Subjective Free concept
    
    (1) Is-Proposition and Ought-Proposition
    (2) About models for interpretation of the world
    (3) The world models for Responsibilities or Oughts and Spatio-temporal Determinism
    (4) About estimation of histories
    (5) About mercilessness of Spatio-temporal Determinism
    
    
    
  •   5. And the Another Freedom ...
    
    
•   Postscript
  

 

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(Outline) -> The illustrated Guide of "PHILOSOPHY OF THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE-TIME" (in Japanese) 

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