The Study of Time: Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Oberwolfach (Black Forest) - West Germany

by J. T. Fraser (Editor), F. C. Haber (Editor), G. H. Mïller (Editor)

Overview

The First Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time was held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut at Oberwolfach in the Black Forest, Federal Republic of Germany from Sunday, 31 August to Saturday, 6 September, 1969. The origin of this conference and the formation of the Society goes back to a proposal due to J. T. Fraser that was discussed at a conference on "Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Time" held by the New York Academy of Sciences in January, 1966. It was unanimously agreed than that an international society should be formed on an interdisciplinary basis with the object of stimulating interest in all problems concerning 'time and that this object could best be attained by means of conferences held at regular intervals. J. T. Fraser was elected Secretary, S. Watanabe Treasurer, and I was elected President. It was agreed, at my suggestion, that the organization of the first conference of the newly formed Society be left to a committee of these three officers, on the understanding that they would invite authorities on the role of time in the various special sciences and humanities to form an Advisory Board to assist them. One of the main difficulties in seeking support for an interdisciplinary conference is that most foundations confine their interest exclusively either to the sciences or to the humanities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642653896
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/11/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1972
Pages:	550
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

Presidential Address: Reflections on the History of the Concept of Time.- I. Time and the Physical Sciences.- The Time Coordinate in Einstein’s Restricted Theory of Relativity.- General Relativity and Time in the Solar System.- Zeit als physikalischer Begriff.- Time in Particle Physics.- Time in Statistical Physics and Special Relativity.- The Myth of the Passage of Time.- Time Asymmetry, Time Reversal, and Irreversibility.- No Paradox in the Theory of Time Anisotropy.- Pierre Curie’s Principle of One-Way Process.- In Defence of the Direction of Time.- Creative Time.- II. Time in the Life Sciences.- Temporal Order as the Origin of Spatial Order in Embryos.- Time in the Evolutionary Process.- The Measurement of Perceptual Durations.- Oscillations as Possible Basis for Time Perception.- Processing of Temporal Information and the Cognitive Theory of Time Experience.- The Psychophysical Structure of Temporal Information.- The Dimensions of the Sensible Present.- Time, Time Stance, and Existence.- Personality and the Psychology of Time.- III. Time, Philosophy and the Logic of Time Concept.- The Notion of the Present.- Instants and Intervals.- The Fiction of Instants.- On the Reality of Becoming.- Whitehead and the Philosophy of Time.- IV. Time and Culture.- The Deification of Time.- The Darwinian Revolution in the Concept of Time.- Temporal Attitudes in Four Negro Subcultures.- On Hegel — A Study in Sorcery.- Time and the Modern Self: Descartes, Rousseau, Beckett.- Time and the Modern Self: A Change in Dramatic Form.- The Study of Time..- V. Special Session on Flight Dysrhythmia.- The Psychological Effects of Rapid Shifts in Temporal Referents.- Evaluation of Circadian Dyschronism during Transmeridian Flights.- Some Factors in the Production of Dysrhythmia and Disorientation Associated with Rapid Latitudinal Transfer.- Discussion Notes on the Lecture by Dr. Gooddy.