The Philosophy of Time Travel
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Back to the Future, Interstellar, The Terminator - we've all been guilty of enjoying a good time travel flick at one point or another. But more recently, time travel has been taken out of Hollywood and placed under the inquisitive philosophers' lens. Stepping beyond science fiction and fantasy, philosophers have uncovered a hidden trove of tantalising thought experiments and mind-bending paradoxes. Tune into this episode to learn about causal loops, the Grandfather Paradox, closed timelike curves, and to investigate whether time travel really is a possibility. Like the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/searchingforitpodcast Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/searchingforitpodcast Follow Lewis on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/99lewiswilliams Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/searchingforit Find out more at http://www.searchingforit.org
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