The Natural Philosophy of TimeClarendon Press, 1980 - 399 Seiten |
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... means ' is moving at a given instant ' , and this is meaningless . Although this argument resolves the paradox of the arrow from a purely logical and semantic point of view , it does not entirely dispose of the question from the point ...
... means ' is moving at a given instant ' , and this is meaningless . Although this argument resolves the paradox of the arrow from a purely logical and semantic point of view , it does not entirely dispose of the question from the point ...
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... means and convex functions , for it defines a general mean between t1 and t2 which includes the familiar arithmetic , geometric , and harmonic means as particular examples arising when έ ( t ) is t , log t , and -1 / t respectively ...
... means and convex functions , for it defines a general mean between t1 and t2 which includes the familiar arithmetic , geometric , and harmonic means as particular examples arising when έ ( t ) is t , log t , and -1 / t respectively ...
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... mean that , in some mysterious non - temporal sense of ' is ' , there is a rainy event that momentarily possessed the quality of presentness which it has since lost and acquired instead the quality of pastness . What the sentence means ...
... mean that , in some mysterious non - temporal sense of ' is ' , there is a rainy event that momentarily possessed the quality of presentness which it has since lost and acquired instead the quality of pastness . What the sentence means ...
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UNIVERSAL TIME | 1 |
HUMAN TIME | 48 |
BIOLOGICAL TIME | 123 |
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