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23 Questions about Space and Time:

Ontology

1. Is time real?
2. Which objects (present, past, or future) exist?

Modality

3. Does space (or time) necessarily have the dimensionality it actually has?
4. Is time travel metaphysically possible?
5. Is the directionality of time contingent?
6. Is time without change possible?
7. Is teleportation metaphysically possible?
8. Is it logically impossible for parts of space to move?
9. Can two possible worlds differ only in measure*?

Metaphysical

10. Does space (or time) have smallest parts?


11. Is space (or time) infinitely divisible?
12. Is space (or time) finite in extent?
13. How is contact possible?
14. Which metric space correctly describes actual space?
15. Is the possibility of motion independent of the answer to 10 or 11?
16. Is the set of actual physical (a posteriori) truths about space and time the only such set
consistent with metaphysical truths about space and time?
17. If space is absolute, which premises in arguments for relational space are false, or inferences
invalid?
18. Why do space and time exist, if they do?
19. What is the generalization of time (considered with 1-dimension) to higher dimensions?
20. Is there generalization of both space and time?
21. Are propositions indexed to a time?
22. What are the possible truth values (if any) of future contingent propositions?

Epistemological

23. Are questions 10, 11, or 12 answerable empirically?

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