Time and memory
Issues in Philosophy and Psychology (Consciousness and Self-Consciousness Series, 1) by Christoph Hoerl (Editor), Teresa McCormack (Editor) The capacity to represent and think about time is one of the most fundamental and least understood aspects of human cognition and consciousness. This book throws new light on central issues in the study of the mind by […]
Issues in Philosophy and Psychology (Consciousness and Self-Consciousness Series, 1)
by Christoph Hoerl (Editor), Teresa McCormack (Editor)
The capacity to represent and think about time is one of the most fundamental and least understood aspects of human cognition and consciousness. This book throws new light on central issues in the study of the mind by uniting, for the first time, psychological and philosophical approaches dealing with the connection between temporal representation and memory. Fifteen specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers investigate the way in which time is represented in memory, and the role memory plays in our ability to reason about time. They offer insights into current theories of memory processes and of the mechanisms and cognitive abilities underlying temporal judgments, and draw out fundamental issues concerning the phenomenology and epistemology of memory and our understanding of time. The chapters are arranged into four sections, each focused on one area of current research: Keeping Track of Time, and Temporal Representation; Memory, Awareness and the Past; Memory and Experience; Knowledge and the Past: The Epistemology and Metaphysics of Time. A general introduction gives an overview of the topics discussed and makes explicit central themes which unify the different philosophical and psychological approaches.
2001, 440 p., Hardcover and paperback
ISBN-10: 0198250363
ISBN-13: 978-0198250364
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It was around Dec.15th.,2006, while I was enjoying a vacation in Jordan, when a presentation shown on the Jordanian TV, provided by a Jordanian professor who studied in an American university, drew my attention. It was a scientific research related to time and conducted by the said professor who proved that the religious view which says soething like :”God is time” is corect. What is interesting in the research is the use of the computer. I actually cannot explain it but roughly he he used all the components of time “terms” ( the second; the minute and its being 60 seconds, the hour= 60 minutes and ending with the months and the year=12 months and the number of days in the two types of the year.. etc.)He showed us how he has done that operation and how the word Allah (the main name of God “The Almighty” in Arabic)was formed as a result of that computational operation. When somebody writes about time and space (time-space theories and relevant subjects)the religious perspective should be taken into consideration, otherwise there remains something lacking in any subject that may claim scientificality. It could be difficult to refer to the Jordanian TV but it is not impossible, for reference.