The contributors reflect on the concept of time and time horizons
in the sciences. From a philosophical position, they demand that
the actioning and formative character of time should again become
an experiential element of life, we should reflect on the
temporality of knowledge and its finiteness, debates about the
progress and regression of knowledge accumulation should be
measured against their past manifestations, even that we resist the
concept of epochs. Historians of science discuss how humans are
determined by a network of time rhythms, how the time horizon of
the experimental sciences is tied to specific relations of objects
and processes, and which dichotomies run through our thinking about
biology. Natural scientists define time by atomic and molecular
processes, current discussions are concerned with the origin of the
direction of time and its irreversibility. Legal history shows how
the frantic flight of lawyers into print in modern times has
through self reference fragmented the foundations of the legal
system into a confusing textual world and how the metaphor of 'time
horizons' serves as an effective means to construct orientations.
General
| Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Release date: |
August 2004 |
| First published: |
2004 |
| Editors: |
Dieter Simon
|
| Dimensions: |
205 x 135 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
265 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-018000-8 |
| Languages: |
German
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
| LSN: |
3-11-018000-6 |
| Barcode: |
9783110180008 |
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