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DESCRIPTION:What is the difference between time and space? This paper propo
 ses a \nnovel answer: the temporal direction is that direction on the manif
 old \nof events in which our best theories can tell the strongest\, most \n
 informative “stories.” Put another way\, time is that direction in which \n
 our theories can obtain as much determinism as possible. I make two \nargum
 ents. The first is a general one based on an empiricist theory of \nlaws. I
  argue that according to this theory time is distinguished as the \ndirecti
 on of informative strength. The second argument is a more \nspecific illust
 ration of the first: understanding ‘strength’ as having a \nwell-posed Cauc
 hy problem\, I show that for a wide class of equations the \ndesire for str
 ength does indeed distinguish the temporal direction. Not \nonly that\, but
  the argument rigorously connects three otherwise \nmysterious connections 
 among temporal features to one another. The paper \nthen explores the ramif
 ications of this theory for various problems in \nthe philosophy of time.
SUMMARY:Working Group in HPLMS\nCraig Callender \n*What Makes Time Special*
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