Spring 2025 Philosophy GU4675 section 001

THE DIRECTION OF TIME

Call Number 14233
Day & Time
Location
T 12:10pm-2:00pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor David Albert
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description A survey of the various attempts to reconcile the macroscopic directionality of time with the time-reversibility of the fundamental laws of physics. The second law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy, statistical mechanics, cosmological problems, the problems of memory, the possibility of multiple time direction.
Web Site Vergil
Department Philosophy
Enrollment 20 students (20 max) as of 11:06AM Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Status Full
Subject Philosophy
Number GU4675
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Open To Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, GSAS, General Studies
Section key 20251PHIL4675G001