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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Physics
  • Foundations of Mathematics
  • Phenomenology

Background:

  • Classical physics, based on classical mathematics, is considered tenseless and deterministic, potentially conflicting with lived experience.
  • Nicolas Gisin proposed using intuitionistic mathematics to incorporate rich temporality, including passage, tense, and an open future, into physics.
  • This approach aims to represent the indeterminate nature of reality more accurately.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate Gisin's proposal of using intuitionistic mathematics to introduce temporality into physics.
  • To determine if intuitionistic mathematics can successfully render physics tensed and account for an open future.
  • To clarify the role of mathematics and phenomenology in understanding tensed time.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of Gisin's proposal regarding intuitionistic mathematics and its application to physics.
  • Examination of the mathematical properties of intuitionistic mathematics concerning temporality.
  • Philosophical argumentation on the nature of time, tense, and determinism in physics.

Main Results:

  • Intuitionistic mathematics, despite its temporal attunements, is found to be as tenseless as classical mathematics.
  • Physics remains inherently tenseless regardless of the mathematical framework employed.
  • The study concludes that intuitionistic mathematics does not enable physics to represent a tensed reality or an open future.

Conclusions:

  • Gisin's proposal to use intuitionistic mathematics for a tensed physics is deemed ineffective.
  • Physics is fundamentally tenseless, irrespective of the mathematical formalism used.
  • The study of tensed time and its implications for experience is a domain for phenomenology, not physics.