There are too many answers. — Number2018
On the one side, the statement “time today” may have a sole significance. — Number2018
Orthogonal vs. perspective, which is correct and why? — Banno
I think of this amazing quote.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present. — Mattiesse
So time (in the v term) determines mass. — Devans99
I agree with you. I tried to make a point that “my present time” or “your present time,” in spite of being singular and individual, have regularly been objectified, transformed and reduced from “this present time” to “that present time.”Meaning is something that individuals do --it's an active, dynamic process executed by individuals, and it's done variously, by different people, at different times, in different contexts, etc. — Terrapin Station
I agree with you. There are so many different “present times,” at which weThe point is that "present" is a fleeting moment only in some descriptions. In other descriptions, the present may be years long.
When someone says, "be in the present" they don't mean a 20 year present. They mean a few minutes, at least. Maybe 1/2 hour. Everyone who has read anything on this forum has lived in a fairly long techno-present time. Even if they are 85 years old, they have always lived with steady technical progress. — Bitter Crank
The perfect example of the cyclic model of time is a religious life, organized by following the same festivals and rituals throughout each year. When the year is over, the cyclical repertoire will be repeated again. Let assume that one is an atheist, reproducing the same habitual, speaking, working, and thinking patterns from the past. One is afraid of an unpredictable future and organizes the routine of life by what has been already proven as a safe and reliable reiteration. One does not follow an external religious cyclic calendar but nevertheless reactivates the circular rhythms over and over again.And, by doing so, subjectively, we reproduce our past and a cyclic model of time.
— Number2018
I don't see where the cyclical aspect comes from. — Metaphysician Undercover
Lyotard proposed a few comprehensions of time. First is the “psychoanalytical” model, based on the exceptional, founding event in the past. Another one uses a narrative and discursive approach. Lastly, he proposed a techno-monadological model. Also, Deleuse developed the different philosophy of time in his book “Difference and Repetition.”There are non-linear contemporary philosophies of time
— Number2018
Yes, cyclical perhaps, but I don't see how that would be grounded. Any others? — Metaphysician Undercover
I'm not sure what you're arguing here, but it seems to be that reality is just a matter of perspective, perhaps denying an objective reality. You'll have to clarify that. — Hanover
Am I consumed entirely while being “in the present” of a gigantic cyber-machinic environment? — Number2018
The perfect example of the cyclic model of time is a religious life, organized by following the same festivals and rituals throughout each year. — Number2018
You are merely a meaningless cog in the remorseless extraction of profit by capitalists. Cogs, however, are needed to make the gears work -- so you have a bright future before you. (My cog years are behind me; I'm just waiting to be recycled--the final extraction of surplus value). — Bitter Crank
So, what is your understanding of “time itself”? Do you believe that there has been the real, true time so that different models and theories can no more than approach it, represent it or distort it?That's not time which is being cyclical, it's the actions of people which is cyclical in that description. That some people are repetitive in their activities doesn't mean that time itself is cyclical. — Metaphysician Undercover
So, what is your understanding of “time itself”? — Number2018
So, what is your understanding of “time itself”? Do you believe that there has been the real, true time so that different models and theories can no more than approach it, represent it or distort it? — Number2018
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