Time and time again : reports from a boundary of the universe / cy J.T. Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, J. T. (Julius Thomas), 1923-2010.

Series:

Supplements to The study of time ; v. 1.

Supplements to The study of time, 1873-7463 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work represents a guided tour to the interdisciplinary, integrated study of time. Through twenty-two connected essays, selected from the author's extensive writings, Time and Time Again advances new insights into understanding the nature of time seen through philosophy, the arts and letters, the sciences of matter, life, mind and society. Traditionally, attitudes to future, past, and present remained distinct for different cultures. But upon the globalizing earth, all cultural regions are now in instant by instant communication. There is a consequent turmoil about individual and collective identities and about value judgments, in all of which attitudes to time play crucial roles. The book explores this turmoil and, through its references, it also serves as a guide to the broadly spread literature about time.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J.T. Fraser

1. The Change Ringing Cosmos / J.T. Fraser

2. From Timelessness To Time / J.T. Fraser

3. Reality As Examined Appearances / J.T. Fraser

4. What Kind Of A Universe To Expect? / J.T. Fraser

5. The Beginning Or Origin Of Time / J.T. Fraser

6. Constraining Chaos / J.T. Fraser

7. Those Metaphysical Devices / J.T. Fraser

8. How To Use A Clock / J.T. Fraser

9. Coordinated Clock Shops / J.T. Fraser

10. From Puppy Love To Faithful Love / J.T. Fraser

11. Logos At The Edge Of The Cosmos / J.T. Fraser

12. Unbounding Society / J.T. Fraser

13. That Awesome Gift / J.T. Fraser

14. Opiates That Civilize / J.T. Fraser

15. How To Perpetuate Conflicts / J.T. Fraser

16. The True / J.T. Fraser

17. Music Do I Hear? Homer, Borges, And The Pied Piper / J.T. Fraser

18. A Different Wonder / J.T. Fraser

19. Being The One And Only / J.T. Fraser

20. Turmoil At The Anthill Threshold / J.T. Fraser

21. Whose Past Is Our Prologue? / J.T. Fraser

22. Expanding The Universe / J.T. Fraser

Notes / J.T. Fraser

Index / J.T. Fraser.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-428) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-91716-8

9786611917166

90-474-1916-2

OCLC:

646788941