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A New Paradox of Time Travel

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Abstract

Time travel and its associated paradoxes are a topic of academic discussion that has historically been of interest only in physics and philosophy. This paper presents a new paradox of time travel that puts psychological issues at the forefront. The new time traveller faces conflicts between agency and agency awareness that are not addressed in other paradoxes. Further, in considering these other paradoxes it is seen how concerns about the time traveller's psychological state can lead to new challenges to the accepted deterministic paradox resolutions.

Bibliographic Information

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 271-280 (10 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Philosophical Investigations (Volume 42, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 07/2019

Publication status

Published - 07/2019

ISSN

0190-0536

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 85060758887