Time travelers are not free

Rea, Michael C.

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01/05/2015

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Abstract

In this paper I defend two conclusions: that time travel journeys to the past are not undertaken freely and, more generally, that nobody is free between the earliest arrival time and the latest departure time of a time travel journey to the past. Time travel to the past destroys freedom on a global scale.

Citation

Rea , M C 2015 , ' Time travelers are not free ' , Journal of Philosophy , vol. 112 , no. 5 . https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2015112516

Publication

Journal of Philosophy

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2015112516

ISSN

0022-362X

Type

Journal article

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Copyright 2015 The Journal of Philosophy, Inc. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2015112516

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University of St Andrews Research

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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16873