The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... finite ... For surely we cannot conceive a preter- iteness ( if I may say so ) still backwards in infinitum , that never was present , as we can an endless futurity that never will be present . So that one is potentially infinite , yet ...
... finite ... For surely we cannot conceive a preter- iteness ( if I may say so ) still backwards in infinitum , that never was present , as we can an endless futurity that never will be present . So that one is potentially infinite , yet ...
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... finite , how is it possible for a corresponding sequence of past events culminating in the present to be infinite ? The conclusion that this is not possible and that any sequence of discrete past events must necessarily be finite has ...
... finite , how is it possible for a corresponding sequence of past events culminating in the present to be infinite ? The conclusion that this is not possible and that any sequence of discrete past events must necessarily be finite has ...
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... finite speed is easily deduced from the time lag of echoes , but the transmission of light was for long believed to be instantaneous . An early exception to this general belief was the Greek philosopher Empedocles ( c . 490-435 B.C. ) ...
... finite speed is easily deduced from the time lag of echoes , but the transmission of light was for long believed to be instantaneous . An early exception to this general belief was the Greek philosopher Empedocles ( c . 490-435 B.C. ) ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
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