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The Study of Time III

Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Alpbach—Austria

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1978

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  1. J. T. Fraser

    1. International Society for the Study of Time, Westport, USA

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  2. Nathaniel Lawrence

    1. Williams College, Williamstown, USA

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  3. David A. Park

    1. Williams College, Williamstown, USA

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Table of contents (29 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Prolegomena

    1. Metaphysical Presuppositions and the Study of Time

      • R. S. Brumbaugh
      Pages 1-21

    2. Levels of Language in Discourse about Time

      • N. Lawrence
      Pages 22-52

  4. Living Clocks

    1. Biological Clocks and Their Synchronizers

      • J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson
      Pages 188-215

    2. The Living Clocks of Marine Organisms

      • J. D. Palmer
      Pages 216-236

    3. The Measurement of Biological and Social Changes

      • H. Kalmus
      Pages 237-268

  6. Past, Present, and Future

    1. The Objectivity, or Otherwise, of the Present

      • K. G. Denbigh
      Pages 307-332

    2. Ideas of Beginnings and Endings in Cosmology

      • J. Merleau-Ponty
      Pages 333-350

    3. The Past and the Future

      • D. Park
      Pages 351-369

    4. The Boundries of the Notion of Time

      • M. Toda
      Pages 370-390

  7. Society

    1. Temporal Inventories and Time Structuring in Large Organizations

      • P. Clark
      Pages 391-418

    2. The Individual and Society

      • J. T. Fraser
      Pages 419-443
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The papers in this volume were delivered and responded to at the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time. The meeting took place during sunny days, punctuated by an occasional brief storm, in the confer­ ence facilities of the Österreichisches College in Alpbach, Austria, from ]uly 1 to ]uly 10, 1976. In the middle of it came ]uly 4, the 200th anniversary of the Declaration ofindependence, and in honor ofparticipants from the United States there was a special session of papers on the subject of Freedom and Time. [See Fraser, Park in this volume. ] The effect of the papers was kaleidoscopic; reading the table of contents one can surmise the experience of those enthusiasts, and there were several, who heard them all. I think that most people who have been puzzled about time will agree that it is not clear wh at the puzzle is or from what direction the insights will come that will enable us to understand the situation a litde more clearly. As one of the participants wrote afterwards, "After all , we do not know apriori whether there exists areal unity in studies about time, but if one exists it must reveal itself progressively in the course of successive experiences such as these lectures. If it were easy to find, it would have been found already without the Society's help.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Society for the Study of Time, Westport, USA

    J. T. Fraser

  • Williams College, Williamstown, USA

    Nathaniel Lawrence, David A. Park

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Study of Time III

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Alpbach—Austria

  • Editors: J. T. Fraser, Nathaniel Lawrence, David A. Park

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6287-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6289-3Published: 22 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-6287-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 727

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Mathematics, general

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