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On the philosophy of time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2001

JÜRGEN MITTELSTRASS
JÜRGEN MITTELSTRASS
Affiliation:
Fachbereitch Philosophie und Zentrum Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universistät Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Abstract

The concept of time has always played a dominant role in philosophy and science. In modern physics, and also in philosophy of physics, it is the anisotropy of time that attracts particular attention. Taking up work by Grünbaum and others, the thermodynamic arrow of time is considered in detail, and this discussion is then extended to other time-asymmetric processes, whose relation to this arrow of time remains controversial. After that, some remarks are made about experienced time. It is the gestalt-like character of time that, in contrast to the arrow of time, reflects time in the everyday world.

Type
Original Article
Information
European Review , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 19 - 29
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2001

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