Talk:Julian Barbour

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65.185.213.33 added this article and several others to the Pantheists category, without adding any sources for that information. Is it vandalism? Charivari 07:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Barbour himself states in his book "The End of Time" that he and Lee Smolin "tend towards pantheism" when he discusses the role of God in a timeless universe. I didn't know how I was supposed to cite a category affixation. On a side note, George Frideric Handel was added; I don't know the exact source, but I know that my music professor (a musicologist, and hence a qualified expert) said that Handel was a pantheist. ~ 1-31-06

I'm much obliged for the clarification. By coincidence, I just bought The End of Time a couple of days ago, but it joins a very long queue of books-to-read. I always think it's odd when a physicist expresses a view favourable to religion, as I tend to follow Richard Dawkins in that area, but each to his or her own, eh? Cheers. Charivari 03:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arrow of time

I've read Barbour's book The End of Time, and wasn't convinced by his arguments, which are much more subtle than conveyed by the brief description of his position in the stub as it stands today. Anyone visiting this page might find the Wikipedia article Arrow of time useful for further reading. It already has a section on the psychological/perceptual arrow of time. NB. There is no mention of Julian Barbour therein (yet). DFH 17:10, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the article might benefit from a development of that brief description. It's difficult as ultimately Barbour's arguments concern rather technical questions about the structure of general relativity and classical gravitation. HaludzaHaludza 10:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Soul Musician

Is this the same guy as Julian barbour the soul musician? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.9.43.24 (talk) 19:53, 27 May 2008 (UTC)