Self-existing objects and auto-generated information in chronology-violating space-times: A philosophical discussion

TL;DR

This paper explores the philosophical implications of objects and information in space-times with closed time-like curves, questioning the ontological and epistemological assumptions of the Principle of Self-Consistency.

Contribution

It provides a philosophical analysis of self-existing objects and information flow in CTCs, challenging standard interpretations of the principle.

Findings

Self-existing objects challenge traditional ontologies.

The epistemological status of the Principle of Self-Consistency is critically examined.

Discussion on information flux through CTCs is presented.

Abstract

Closed time-like curves naturally appear in a variety of chronology-violating space-times. In these space-times, the Principle of Self-Consistency demands an harmony between local and global affairs that excludes grandfather-like paradoxes. However, self-existing objects trapped in CTCs are not seemingly avoided by the standard interpretation of this principle, usually constrained to a dynamical framework. In this paper we discuss whether we are committed to accept an ontology with self-existing objects if CTCs actually occur in the universe. In addition, the epistemological status of the Principle of Self-Consistency is analyzed and a discussion on the information flux through CTCs is presented.