The Study of Time III: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Alpbach?Austria

J. T. Fraser

ISBN 10: 1461262895 / ISBN 13: 9781461262893

Published by Springer, 2013

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• Title: The Study of Time III: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time Alpbach?Austria
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461262895
• ISBN 13: 9781461262893
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

The papers in this volume were delivered and responded to at the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Time. The meeting took place during sunny days, punctuated by an occasional brief storm, in the confer­ ence facilities of the Österreichisches College in Alpbach, Austria, from ]uly 1 to ]uly 10, 1976. In the middle of it came ]uly 4, the 200th anniversary of the Declaration ofindependence, and in honor ofparticipants from the United States there was a special session of papers on the subject of Freedom and Time. [See Fraser, Park in this volume. ] The effect of the papers was kaleidoscopic; reading the table of contents one can surmise the experience of those enthusiasts, and there were several, who heard them all. I think that most people who have been puzzled about time will agree that it is not clear wh at the puzzle is or from what direction the insights will come that will enable us to understand the situation a litde more clearly. As one of the participants wrote afterwards, "After all , we do not know apriori whether there exists areal unity in studies about time, but if one exists it must reveal itself progressively in the course of successive experiences such as these lectures. If it were easy to find, it would have been found already without the Society's help.