The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved

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Autor(a) principal: Bourne, Craig
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Bourne, Emily Caddick
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Manuscrito (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8647890
Resumo: In ‘An Insoluble Problem’ (2010), Storrs McCall presents an argument which he takes to reveal the real problem with backwards time travel. McCall asks us to imagine a scenario in which a renowned artist produces his famous works by copying them from reproductions brought back to him by a time-travelling art critic. The novelty of the scenario lies in its introduction of aesthetic constraints on the possibility of time travel, something which sets it apart from other time travel cases. McCall states that ‘The puzzle lies … in finding where artistic creativity enters the equation’, and that ‘Unlike the traditional “paradoxes of time travel”, this problem has no solution’. We offer four responses to McCall’s puzzle. Whilst we show that the puzzle is not insoluble, we also argue that it reveals something about the proper relationship between copying and creativity, which may not have been apparent without considering time travel.
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spelling The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solvedMcCall. Time travel. Creativity. Aesthetic value. CopyingIn ‘An Insoluble Problem’ (2010), Storrs McCall presents an argument which he takes to reveal the real problem with backwards time travel. McCall asks us to imagine a scenario in which a renowned artist produces his famous works by copying them from reproductions brought back to him by a time-travelling art critic. The novelty of the scenario lies in its introduction of aesthetic constraints on the possibility of time travel, something which sets it apart from other time travel cases. McCall states that ‘The puzzle lies … in finding where artistic creativity enters the equation’, and that ‘Unlike the traditional “paradoxes of time travel”, this problem has no solution’. We offer four responses to McCall’s puzzle. Whilst we show that the puzzle is not insoluble, we also argue that it reveals something about the proper relationship between copying and creativity, which may not have been apparent without considering time travel.Universidade Estadual de Campinas2017-03-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAnálise lógicaapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8647890Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofia; v. 39 n. 4 (2016): out./dez.; 305-313Manuscrito: International Journal of Philosophy; Vol. 39 No. 4 (2016): out./dez.; 305-313Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofía; Vol. 39 Núm. 4 (2016): out./dez.; 305-3132317-630Xreponame:Manuscrito (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)instacron:UNICAMPporhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8647890/14672Copyright (c) 2016 Manuscritoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBourne, CraigBourne, Emily Caddick2017-11-09T09:17:25Zoai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8647890Revistahttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscritoPUBhttps://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/oaimwrigley@cle.unicamp.br|| dascal@spinoza.tau.ac.il||publicacoes@cle.unicamp.br2317-630X0100-6045opendoar:2017-11-09T09:17:25Manuscrito (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)false
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title The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
spellingShingle The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
Bourne, Craig
McCall. Time travel. Creativity. Aesthetic value. Copying
title_short The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
title_full The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
title_fullStr The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
title_full_unstemmed The art of time travel: an ‘insoluble’ problem solved
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Bourne, Emily Caddick
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topic McCall. Time travel. Creativity. Aesthetic value. Copying
description In ‘An Insoluble Problem’ (2010), Storrs McCall presents an argument which he takes to reveal the real problem with backwards time travel. McCall asks us to imagine a scenario in which a renowned artist produces his famous works by copying them from reproductions brought back to him by a time-travelling art critic. The novelty of the scenario lies in its introduction of aesthetic constraints on the possibility of time travel, something which sets it apart from other time travel cases. McCall states that ‘The puzzle lies … in finding where artistic creativity enters the equation’, and that ‘Unlike the traditional “paradoxes of time travel”, this problem has no solution’. We offer four responses to McCall’s puzzle. Whilst we show that the puzzle is not insoluble, we also argue that it reveals something about the proper relationship between copying and creativity, which may not have been apparent without considering time travel.
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