Albeverio S., Blanchard P. (eds.) Direction of Time

Springer, 2014. - 294 pp.
This edited book presents the problems of time and direction from an interdisciplinary point of view, concentrating in particular on the following relations:
- Time and physics
- Time, philosophy and psychology
- Time, mathematics and information theory
It is a unique contribution by philosophers and scientists who are active in mathematics, physics, biology, engineering, information theory and psychology. Questions such as the existence of a Big Bang, the neurobiological basis regarding the coexistence of free will and determinism, intercultural aspects of time, mathematical models of time, psychopathological features of time, and micro reversibility versus macroscopic irreversibility are studied. It also provides a truly interdisciplinary study of the problematic 'arrow of time'.Is Time Real? (by Marcello Cini).
A Simple Model for Decoherence (by Alessandro Teta).
On the Different Aspects of Time in the Fundamental Theories of Physics (by Thomas Görnitz).
Quantum Events and Irreversibility (by Rudolf Haag).
Physics and Our Intuitive Outlook on Time (by Christoph von der Malsburg).
The Direction of Time in Quantum Mechanics (by Roland Omnès).
Two Arrows of Time in Nonlocal Particle Dynamics (by Roderich Tumulka).
Boundary Conditions, Time Reversal and Measurements (by J.C. Zambrini).
On Abuse of Time-Metaphors (by Anindita Niyog Balslev).
The Direction of Time Ensured by Cosmology (by Hervé Barreau).
Asymmetries, Irreversibility, and Dynamics of Time (by Luciano Boi).
Is Time Directed? (by Michael Drieschner).
Time in Modern Philosophy of Physics—A Survey (by Holger Lyre).
The Direction of Time in Dynamical Systems (by Klaus Mainzer).
The Philosophical Significance of the Relativistic Conception of Time (by Fabio Minazzi).
Geometry of Psychological Time (by Metod Saniga).
Where to Put It? The Direction of Time Between Axioms and Supplementary Conditions (by Michael Stöltzner).
Models of Time (by Luigi Accardi).
The Arrow of Time and Information Theory (by Vieri Benci).
Two-Way Thermodynamics: Could It Really Happen? (by L.S. Schulman).
Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time (by H.D. Zeh).
A Computer’s Arrow of Time (by L.S. Schulman).
Remarks on the Compatibility of Opposite Arrows of Time II (by H.D. Zeh).