What is time? : an enquiry / Truls Wyller.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publisher: London : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2020Description: 152 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1789142369
  • 9781789142365
Uniform titles:
  • Hva er Tid. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Which Time? -- The Clock And Its Past: On Traditional And Modern Time Conceptions -- Physics Time: Einstein -- Philosophy's Time: Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger -- Recurrence Time in Life, Religion, History and Literature -- Is There Any Time Out There? -- The Human Now.
Summary: Wyller enquires into time's complex nature, juxtaposing the latest scientific theories with our personal experience of chronology. After examining the notion of time in physics, history, religion, anthropology, philosophy and literature, the author concludes by proposing his own theory of time: that the temporal character of any series of events is essentially practical, and derived from human life. --From publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room BD638 .W9513 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000007845

"This book was originally published by Universitetsforlaget, Oslo under the title Hva er Tid, 2011" --Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-148) and index.

Introduction: Which Time? -- The Clock And Its Past: On Traditional And Modern Time Conceptions -- Physics Time: Einstein -- Philosophy's Time: Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger -- Recurrence Time in Life, Religion, History and Literature -- Is There Any Time Out There? -- The Human Now.

Wyller enquires into time's complex nature, juxtaposing the latest scientific theories with our personal experience of chronology. After examining the notion of time in physics, history, religion, anthropology, philosophy and literature, the author concludes by proposing his own theory of time: that the temporal character of any series of events is essentially practical, and derived from human life. --From publisher description.

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