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The characteristics of the tenseless theory of time do not account for the direction of time that we experience at a global or local level. There have been several attempts by scientists, and philosophers, to account for what underpins time���s direction. But all of these accounts fail to give a full account of time���s direction, most commonly in accounting for the direction of time at a local level. I put forward that Lewis���s asymmetry of counterfactual dependence, when adapted to be underpinned by the asymmetry of quasi-miracles, accounts for time���s direction, at both a global and local level. Lewis introduced quasi-miracles to solve a different problem in his asymmetry of counterfactual dependence. But, I believe that by recognising the extraordinariness of certain events helps to explain why the explanation of some local events occurring appears to be time���s reversal, when in fact the event is just following the laws of nature. I further argue that this account for time���s direction should be combined with the Past Hypothesis, which gives us a new understanding of what should be considered a fundamental law of nature, so that we do not require lots of extraordinary events to account for the way our world is. |
