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Autore |
Montemayor Carlos |
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Titolo |
Minding time [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical and theoretical approach to the psychology of time / / by Carlos Montemayor |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63483-X |
90-04-23617-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Collana |
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Supplements to the study of time ; ; v. 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Time |
Cosmology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Periodic and Interval Clocks: The Uniformity of Time and the Units of Time -- Sensory-Motor Representations of Time, the Outputs of the Clocks and the Two Constraints on Motor Time Coordination -- A Two-Phase Model of the Present (Coordination and Experience) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approach to the Psychology of Time offers a theoretical account of the most fundamental kinds of time representation, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and biology. Recent experimental findings on creatures from bees to scrub-jays to human beings have demonstrated the complex – and astoundingly reliable – functioning of biological clocks. These clocks, Carlos Montemayor argues, make possible representations of duration that are then anchored to representations of simultaneity, and they do so independently of conscious information or representations of the self. Montemayor offers an innovative philosophical explanation of how representations of duration and simultaneity relate to the consciously experienced present moment. No theory has integrated the research on representations of simultaneity and duration. Minding Time: A |
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