I found the essay that prompted my previous message. It is “Time Without Change” by Sydney Shoemaker. His book Identity, Cause and Mind presents the thought experiment on pages 55-57. Shoemaker raises the possibility that time could stop for the universe as a whole, which has much the same flavor.
I found the essay that prompted my previous message. It is “Time Without Change” by Sydney Shoemaker. His book Identity, Cause and Mind presents the thought experiment on pages 55-57. Shoemaker raises the possibility that time could stop for the universe as a whole, which has much the same flavor.