Prolegomena to Any Future Physics-Based Metaphysics

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Monton, Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bang; Metaphysics; Physics; Presentism; Special relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921731839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199603213.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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