Read carefully two documents posted in the “Time Travel” folder on Harvey: 1)
The excerpt from Augustine’s Confessions 2) The chapter Spacetime and Time Travel by
Nichols and Smith. Then answer the three following questions: 1) (Excerpt from
Augustine) How would you summarize Augustine’s theory about the nature of time from
the two pages posted online? Explain why, according to him, time cannot be measured
objectively (in years, days, hours) and why common language continually misrepresents
its very nature. Do you agree (or not) with his views ? Explain why. 2) (Spacetime and
Time Travel) Contrast with presentism several aspects of four-dimensionalism. 3)
(Spacetime and Time Travel) Explain the nature of the three main problems/objections
related to time travel. According to you, did H.G. Wells take any of them into
consideration in his novella? Justify precisely your answer.