Time [[electronic resource] ] : limits and constraints / / edited by Jo Alyson Parker, Paul A. Harris, and Christian Steineck

• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Disciplina: 115
• Soggetto topico: Time; Cosmology
• Altri autori: ParkerJo Alyson <1954-> HarrisPaul (Paul A.) SteineckChristian
• Note generali: Revised and expanded versions of selected papers presented at the 13th conference of the International Society for the Study of Time held at the Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, July 28-Aug. 3, 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / J.A. Parker , P.A. Harris and C. Steineck -- President’s Address: Cosmic Epics And Global Ethics / Paul A. Harris -- Founder’s Address: Constraining Chaos / J. T. Fraser -- Chapter One. Time: Biological, Intentional And Cultural (Founder’s Prize For New Scholars) / Carlos Montemayor -- Chapter Two. The Battle For Time In The Brain / Peter A. Hancock -- Chapter Three. Memory, Anticipation And The (Un)reality Of The Past And Future / Jonathan Tallant -- Chapter Four. Temporal Asymmetry And Relativity / Friedl Weinert -- Chapter Five. Technical Reproduction And The Question Of Material Duration / Heike Klippel -- Chapter Six. Limits On The Duration Of Copyright: Theories And Practice / Tyler T. Ochoa -- Chapter Seven. Waiting As A Temporal Constraint / Florian Klapproth -- Chapter Eight. David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas Of Narrative Constraints And Environmental Limits / Jo Alyson Parker -- Chapter Nine. Closure And \'Colored People’s Time\' / John Streamas -- Chapter Ten. Dramatic Time: Phenomena And Dilemmas / Carol A. Fischer -- Chapter Eleven. Evental Distention: Restless Simultaneity In Steve Reich’s Piano Phase—Towards A Rehabilitation Of The Real / Marc Botha -- Chapter Twelve. Music-Making Time? / Helen Sills -- Chapter Thirteen. Pauline Eschatology: Thinking And Acting In The Time That Remains / Steven T. Ostovich -- Chapter Fourteen. How Death Was Invented And What It Is For / Frederick Turner -- Chapter Fifteen. Prefatory Remarks To Chapter Fifteen: Reflections: Let A Dialogue Begin / J. T. Fraser -- Truth, Time, And The Extended Umwelt Principle: Conceptual Limits And Methodological Constraints / Christian Steineck -- Index / J.A. Parker , P.A. Harris and C. Steineck.
• Sommario/riassunto: This thirteenth volume in the interdisciplinary Study of Time series explores the way in which limits and constraints impact upon our understanding of time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Time
• ISBN: 1-283-03937-0; 9786613039378; 90-04-18637-9; 90-04-18575-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788466003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Study of time ; ; 13.