Temporal becoming in a relativistic universe: causal diamonds and Gödel’s philosophy of time

The theory of relativity is often regarded as inhospitable to the idea that there an objective passage time in world. In light this, many philosophers and physicists embrace a “block universe” view, according which change temporal are merely subjective appearance or illusion. My aim this paper argue against such show we can make sense setting by abandoning assumption now must be global, re-conceiving purely local phenomenon. Various versions becoming have been proposed literature. Here I focus on causal diamond Steven F. Savitt Richard Arthur, models terms structure called diamond. After defending reality exploring its compatibility with theory, how approach used counter argument for ideality due Kurt Gödel, based his “rotating solution Einstein field equations (the Gödel universe). defend second component argument, modal step, consensus view finds it wanting, reject first showing universe compatible long latter construed locally, along lines approach.