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He received his doctorate in history and philosophy of science from the university of pittsburgh. His work lies at the intersection of physics and philosophy, including the foundations of physics and logic. Spacetime, gravitation, relativity, determinism, quantum mechanics. Maudlins introduction to the philosophy of physics volume 1. But, especially in the philosophy literature, there have been arguments that time travel is inherently paradoxical. Tim maudlin, new york university how physics meets epistemology. The most famous paradox is the grandfather paradox. Mixing mathematics, physics and philosophy, maudlin bats away the reasons that scientists and philosophers commonly give for denying this folk wisdom.
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