The Voices of time: A cooperative survey of man's views of time as expressed by the sciences and by the humanities

This Library of Science selection is the most comprehensive, collective statement about the many ways people encounter the reality of time. The second edition of this seminal work carries the editor’s review report, “Toward an Integrated Understanding of Time.” Founder of the International Society for the Study of Time, J.T. Fraser is also the senior editor of the five volumes of The Study of Time (1972 —). He is the author of 'Of Time, Passion, and Knowledge' (1975) and of 'Time as Conflict' (1978). His 1982 book 'The Genesis and Evolution of Time: A Critique of Interpretation in Physics' is also a Library of Science selection. The Voices Of Time Contents Introduction (J. T. FRASER) Introduction to the Second Edition (J. T. FRASER) Appendix: A Mosaic of Metaphors of Time PART I TIME IN THOUGHT Philosophy, Religion, and Man’s Attitude Toward Change Ideas of Time in the History of Philosophy (A. CORNELIUS BENJAMIN) Time as Succession and the Problem of Duration (FRIEDRICH KUMMEL) Notes Concerning Some Properties of Time Time in Christian Thought (J. L. RUSSELL) Time in Indian and Japanese Thought (HAJIME NAKAMURA) Time and Knowledge in China and the West (JOSEPH NEEDHAM, F.R.S.) Comments on Time, Process, and Achievement Time and the Destiny of Man (S. G. F. BRANDON) PART II TIME AND MAN Communications, Rhythm, and Behavior Introductory Note to Part II Time in Language and Literature (C. F. P. STUTTERHEIM) Rhythm in Music: A Formal Scaffolding of Time (WALTHER DURR) A Note on Rhythm and Time Time Perception in Children (JEAN PIAGET) A Note on Psycho-Physical Isomorphism Time and Synchronicity in Analytic Psychology (M.-L. von FRANZ) A Note on Synchronicity The Time Sense in Psychiatry (JOOST A. M. MEERLOO) Comments on Time and the Uncanny Subjective Time (JOHN COHEN) PART III TIME AND LIFE Rhythm, Life, and the Earth Introductory Note to Part III Experimental Evidence for the Biological Clock (KARL C. HAMNER) Time Sense of Animals (J. L. CLOUDSLEY-THOMPSON) Some Biochemical Considerations of Time (HUDSON HOAGLAND) Organic Evolution and Time (HANS KALMUS) Comments Concerning Evolution Biological Time (ROLAND FISCHER) PART IV TIME AND MATTER Clocks, Man, and the Universe Introductory Note to Part IV: The Artisan and Time Timekeepers—An Historical Sketch (H. ALAN LLOYD) Time Measurement for Scientific Use (G. M. CLEMENCE) Comments—Relativistic Dialectics Time in Relativity Theory: Arguments for a Philosophy of Being (OLIVIER COSTA DE BEAUREGARD) Time in Relativity Theory: Arguments for a Philosophy of Becoming (MILIC CAPEK) Time in Relativity Theory: Measurement or Coordinate? (HERBERT DINGLE) Comments—Of Time and Proper Time Time and Quantum Theory (E. J. ZIMMERMAN) Time and Thermodynamics (RICHARD SCHLEGEL) Note Relating to a Paradox of the Temporal Order Time and the Probabilistic View of the World (SATOSI WATANABE) Time and the Universe (G. J. WHITROW) The Study of Time (J. T. FRASER) Epilogue and Prologue Notes and References Biographical Notes on the Authors and Translators Index