There's More to Time Than Ticking Away
Abstract. Time is an element that each of us experiences in the core of our being. Yet it also is one of the great mysteries in our conceptual grasp of reality. The notion of time has therefore been reflected upon and explored by thinkers and scientists since ancient times. In this essay I relate th...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Zygon
Année: 2009, Volume: 44, Numéro: 4, Pages: 965-975 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Theology
B Narration B Relativity B Time B complex numbers B Galilean and Lorentz transformations B Eschatology B Noma B Thermodynamics B Death B reversibility and irreversibility B static and dynamic time B arrow of time |
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| Résumé: | Abstract. Time is an element that each of us experiences in the core of our being. Yet it also is one of the great mysteries in our conceptual grasp of reality. The notion of time has therefore been reflected upon and explored by thinkers and scientists since ancient times. In this essay I relate the multiple ways in which Antje's Jackelén's scholarly and stimulating work Time and Eternity analyzes the historical, philosophical, theological, and scientific perspectives on the notion of time lived and its relation to the conceptual endless time that we call eternity, and offer some of my own contextual reflections on the topic. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01044.x |