The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... definition of cardinal number which involved the same basic idea ; for example , the number 2 was defined as the class , or set , of all couples , and so on . Similarly , Whitehead defined a point , on the Chinese boxes analogy , as the ...
... definition of cardinal number which involved the same basic idea ; for example , the number 2 was defined as the class , or set , of all couples , and so on . Similarly , Whitehead defined a point , on the Chinese boxes analogy , as the ...
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... defined an instant as a set of events , any two of which are simultaneous and such that there is no other event ( i.e. one not contained in the set ) which is simultaneous with them all . The existence of instants so defined was assumed ...
... defined an instant as a set of events , any two of which are simultaneous and such that there is no other event ( i.e. one not contained in the set ) which is simultaneous with them all . The existence of instants so defined was assumed ...
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... defined in terms of durations by means of the idea of section in a partially ordered set . Proper- ties of such sets had previously been studied by H. M. Macneille ( 1937 ) . In Walker's view , the ordering concept of precedence ...
... defined in terms of durations by means of the idea of section in a partially ordered set . Proper- ties of such sets had previously been studied by H. M. Macneille ( 1937 ) . In Walker's view , the ordering concept of precedence ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
Urheberrecht | |
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