Human Temporality in a Nowless Universe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4355970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julius Thomas Fraser (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-173 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0961463x92001002002 |
| OpenAlex | W2032620948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The human experience of time is that of an ever-changing present in which the future becomes past. By sharp contrast, the laws that govern the physical world do not allow any meaning to be assigned to a present. Since future and past, and the metaphor of time's flow make sense only with reference to a now, physical processes cannot, and do not, provide for a preferential direction of change. This paper shows how the undirected time of the physical world and the directed temporalities of life and of conscious experience may nevertheless be accommodated within a natural philosophy of time
Being in the world · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Metaphor · Natural (archaeology · Physical law · Sociology · Temporalities · Temporality · History · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |