ABSTRACT
This chapter takes on the direction of time and argues that it is based on causation. The alignment of temporal direction and causation is articulated. The sequential theory of causation is defended against the simultaneous theory. There is a partial overlap of cause and effect, but the cause begins before its effect. It is argued that conservation laws do not exemplify causation. Although it might be that a fundamental physical description of the world lacks causation, paradigmatic instances of causation are temporally directed. It is pointed out that in many cases the distinction between physics and metaphysics is muddy. This weakens the anti-causal philosophy of physics stance. The chapter ends by considering a reductio argument: if causation and time in perception are not unidirectional, we are left with absurdities. It is explained how the one-directionality of time does not entail a unique direction of time.
