The Art of Time Travel: An 'Insoluble' Problem Solved

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Autor(a) principal: Bourne,Craig
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Bourne,Emily Caddick
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Manuscrito (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452016000400305
Resumo: ABSTRACT 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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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
title_sort The Art of Time Travel: An 'Insoluble' Problem Solved
author Bourne,Craig
author_facet Bourne,Craig
Bourne,Emily Caddick
author_role author
author2 Bourne,Emily Caddick
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bourne,Craig
Bourne,Emily Caddick
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv McCall
Time travel
Creativity
Aesthetic value
Copying
topic McCall
Time travel
Creativity
Aesthetic value
Copying
description ABSTRACT 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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