The Sense of Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8397203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerardo Viera (0000-0002-3183-2294, University of Antwerp, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 443-469 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axy019 |
| OpenAlex | W2769533474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 54 |
It’s often claimed in the philosophical and scientific literature on temporal representation that there is no such thing as a genuine sensory system for time. In this article, I argue for the opposite—many animals, including all mammals, possess a genuine sensory system for time based in the circadian system. In arguing for this conclusion, I develop a semantics and meta-semantics for explaining how the endogenous rhythms of the circadian system provide organisms with a direct information link to the temporal structure of their environment. In doing so, I highlight the role of sensory systems in an information processing architecture. 1. Introduction 2. Sensory Systems and Experience 3. Against the Sense of Time 3.1. The non-causality argument 3.2. The integration argument 4. Circadian Systems 5. The Semantics of (Internal) Clocks 6. An Information-Theoretic Account 7. Conclusion
Causality (physics) · Circadian rhythm · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Programming language · Representation (politics) · Semantics (computer science) · Sensory system · Circadian rhythm and melatonin · Communication · Computer Science · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology
Knowledge and the flow of information
Seeing and knowing
Naturalizing The Mind
Explaining Behavior
Temporal Cognition
Scalar expectancy theory and Weber's law in animal timing.
Scalar Timing in Memory
The neural basis of the Weber–Fechner law
Preverbal and verbal counting and computation
What makes us tick? Functional and neural mechanisms of interval timing
Ii.—on Denoting
The Nature of Time
Psychosemantics
Teleosemantics without Etiology
What Is It Like to See with Your Ears? The Representational Theory of Mind
Making Time
Old and New Problems in Philosophy of Measurement
The Structure of Time
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |