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 Time: Limits and Constraints

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xxvi)   (542K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Contributors
    • Preface By Jo Alyson Parker, Paul A. Harris, And Christian Steineck
    • Acknowledgements
  • President's Address: Cosmic Epics And Global Ethics (1-18) by Paul A. Harris   (492K)
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    • 1. Cosmic Epics
    • 2. Global Ethics
    • 3. Whence ISST?
    • References
  • Founder's Address: Constraining Chaos (19-36) by J.T. Fraser   (501K)
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    • 1. The Evolution Of Causation And Of Time
    • 2. Creativeness In Nature And Humanity
    • 3. The Constitutive Conflicts Of Time
    • 4. Human Values
    • 5. Human Time
    • 6. How To Manage The Constraints Upon Being Human
    • References
  • Time: Biological, Intentional And Cultural (Founder's Prize For New Scholars) (37-64) by Carlos Montemayor   (517K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Biological Basis For Time Representation Or Biological Time
    • 3. Time Representation Or Psychological Time
    • 4. Motor-Intentional Time
    • 5. Conceptual Intentional Time
    • 6. Conclusion: Constraints And Transitions
    • References
  • The Battle For Time In The Brain (65-88) by Peter A. Hancock   (824K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Preamble
    • 2. Introduction
    • 3. Let Battle Commence
    • 4. The Molyneux Problem
    • 5. Sleep And The Battle For Control
    • 6. The Mystery Of Memory
    • 7. The Parliament Of The Mind—The Congress Of The Brain
    • 8. Summary And Conclusion
    • References
  • Memory, Anticipation And The (Un)reality Of The Past And Future (89-108) by Jonathan Tallant   (513K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Introducing The Debate
    • 2. Other Constraints
    • 3. Science As A Pro-A-Theoretic Limit
    • 4. Grunbaum Replies, But To What Effect?
    • 5. Conclusions
    • References
  • Temporal Asymmetry And Relativity (109-134) by Friedl Weinert   (600K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Problem Situations
    • 2. From Physics To Philosophy
    • 3. The Philosophy Of Being, Defended
    • 4. Relationism And The B-Series
    • 5. The Philosophy Of Becoming, Defended
    • 6. Relationism, Entropy And Objective Becoming
    • 7. Conclusion
    • References
  • Technical Reproduction And The Question Of Material Duration (135-148) by Heike Klippel   (485K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Reproduction
    • 2. Film
    • References
  • Limits On The Duration Of Copyright: Theories And Practice (149-178) by Tyler T. Ochoa   (526K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Theories Of Copyright Protection
    • 2. History Of Copyright Duration
    • 2. Current Laws On Copyright Duration
    • 3. Conclusion
    • References
  • Waiting As A Temporal Constraint (179-198) by Florian Klapproth   (588K)
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    • Summary
    • Introduction
    • Experiment 1
    • Experiment 2
    • Experiment 3
    • Experiment 4
    • General Discussion
    • References
  • David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas Of Narrative Constraints And Environmental Limits (199-218) by Jo Alyson Parker   (534K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. The Narrative Constraint
    • 2. The Boomerang And The Eternal Recurrence
    • 3. The Book Of The Long Now
    • References
  • Closure And "Colored People's Time" (219-240) by John Streamas   (511K)
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    • Summary
    • References
    • Response 1 By Robin Lucy
    • Response 2 By Deirdre H. McMahon
  • Dramatic Time: Phenomena And Dilemmas (241-260) by Carol A. Fischer   (505K)
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    • Summary
    • References
    • Response 1 By Laura Pattillo
    • Response 2 By Katherine Weiss
  • Evental Distention: Restless Simultaneity In Steve Reich's Piano Phase—Towards A Rehabilitation Of The Real (261-288) by Marc Botha   (523K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. A Resurgent Realism
    • 2. Beginning Again: Reich’s Piano Phase
    • 3. Evental Distension
    • 4. Phasing In: Three Modalities Of Time
    • 5. Phasing Out: Simultaneity And The Sublime
    • References
  • Music-Making Time? (289-304) by Helen Sills   (494K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Limits And Constraints On The Formation Of The Auditory System
    • 2. The Initial Processing Of Sound And Time
    • 3. New Constraints Bring Meaning To Movement
    • 4. Constraints Synthesize Sounds Into A Temporal Construct
    • 5. Stravinsky’s Constraints On Musical Materials
    • 6. Stravinsky’s Techniques For Shaping A Temporal Form
    • 7. Conclusion
    • References
  • Pauline Eschatology: Thinking And Acting In The Time That Remains (305-328) by Steven T. Ostovich   (511K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Paul Among The Philosophers
    • 2. Letters Of Paul
    • 3. Sociotemporality
    • References
  • How Death Was Invented And What It Is For (329-342) by Frederick Turner   (487K)
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    • Summary
    • Response: Need Death Have A Purpose? By William R. LaFleur
  • Prefatory Remarks To Chapter Fifteen: Reflections: Let A Dialogue Begin (343-349) by J.T. Fraser   (480K)
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    • 1. Of The Heavens And Of Human Values
    • 2. Reality In The Worlds Of Man, Animal, And Matter
    • Appendix
  • Truth, Time, And The Extended Umwelt Principle: Conceptual Limits And Methodological Constraints (350-366) by Christian Steineck   (495K)
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    • Summary
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Fraser’s Concepts Of Knowledge, Truth, And Reality
    • 3. Points Of Contention And Critical Analysis
    • References
  • Index (367-378)   (488K)