Time : limits and constraints / edited by Jo Alyson Parker, Paul A. Harris, and Christian Steineck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Society for the Study of Time. Conference (13th : 2007 : Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, Calif.)

Contributor:

Parker, Jo Alyson, 1954-

Harris, Paul (Paul A.)

Steineck, Raji C.

Series:

Study of time ; 13.

The study of time, 0170-9704 ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Congresses.

Time.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thirteenth volume in the interdisciplinary Study of Time series explores the way in which limits and constraints impact upon our understanding of time.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / J.A. Parker , P.A. Harris and C. Steineck

President’s Address: Cosmic Epics And Global Ethics / Paul A. Harris

Founder’s Address: Constraining Chaos / J. T. Fraser

Chapter One. Time: Biological, Intentional And Cultural (Founder’s Prize For New Scholars) / Carlos Montemayor

Chapter Two. The Battle For Time In The Brain / Peter A. Hancock

Chapter Three. Memory, Anticipation And The (Un)reality Of The Past And Future / Jonathan Tallant

Chapter Four. Temporal Asymmetry And Relativity / Friedl Weinert

Chapter Five. Technical Reproduction And The Question Of Material Duration / Heike Klippel

Chapter Six. Limits On The Duration Of Copyright: Theories And Practice / Tyler T. Ochoa

Chapter Seven. Waiting As A Temporal Constraint / Florian Klapproth

Chapter Eight. David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas Of Narrative Constraints And Environmental Limits / Jo Alyson Parker

Chapter Nine. Closure And \'Colored People’s Time\' / John Streamas

Chapter Ten. Dramatic Time: Phenomena And Dilemmas / Carol A. Fischer

Chapter Eleven. Evental Distention: Restless Simultaneity In Steve Reich’s Piano Phase—Towards A Rehabilitation Of The Real / Marc Botha

Chapter Twelve. Music-Making Time? / Helen Sills

Chapter Thirteen. Pauline Eschatology: Thinking And Acting In The Time That Remains / Steven T. Ostovich

Chapter Fourteen. How Death Was Invented And What It Is For / Frederick Turner

Chapter Fifteen. Prefatory Remarks To Chapter Fifteen: Reflections: Let A Dialogue Begin / J. T. Fraser

Truth, Time, And The Extended Umwelt Principle: Conceptual Limits And Methodological Constraints / Christian Steineck

Index / J.A. Parker , P.A. Harris and C. Steineck.

Notes:

Revised and expanded versions of selected papers presented at the 13th conference of the International Society for the Study of Time held at the Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, July 28-Aug. 3, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-03937-0

9786613039378

90-04-18637-9

90-04-18575-5

OCLC:

711004369

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004185753.i-378 DOI