Time travelers are not free

Michael C. Rea

doi:10.5840/jphil2015112516

Time travelers are not free

Michael C. Rea

School of Divinity

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Philosophy
Volume	112
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2015112516
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2015

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