The Time Symposium 2011
The notion of time is omnipresent yet elusive. What exactly is time? Is time what clocks measure, or is time defined to be what clocks measure? Does time as a physical entity exist at all? Or is it purely a mind-dependent phenomenon? Or perhaps neither, as Kant claimed, but an ideal, a priori notion? What is the topology of time? Is it a continuous straight line? Or could it be circular or helical? What about the arrow of time - why is the past different from the future? If time is illusory, how do we explain entropy and the second law of thermodynamics? But why was the entropy ever low to begin with? How does the universe evolve, and what does this say about time? How do we learn to grasp the concept of time, if time isn't a priori form of sensation? Do native speakers of tenseless languages perceive time differently from others? How exactly do we perceive time, and how can we make sense of a timeless physical world? Relatedly, how do complex patterns emerge in nature and in human societies? What are the implications of advancement in computer science for our understanding of evolution, intelligence, and the reality of time?
Jonathan Heron - The Time 'twixt Six and Now - Shakespeare, Beckett and Theatrical Time
15:49 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Jonathan Heron presents his talk 'The Time 'twixt Six and Now - Shakespeare, Beckett and Theatrical Time' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadProf Robin Ball - A Physicist's View on Time
15:45 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Prof Robin Ball presents his talk 'A Physicist's View on Time' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadProf Peter Coveney - The Direction of Time
15:43 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Prof Peter Coveney presents his talk 'The Direction of Time' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadProf Julian Barbour - Aspects of Time
15:42 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Prof Julian Barbour presents his talk 'Aspects of Time' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadNick Roberts - Beating Time
15:39 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Nick Roberts of the Coull Quartet presents his talk 'Beating Time' at the Time Syposium 2011.
DownloadHarvey Brown - The Subtleties of Simultaneity: Spreading Time Through Space
15:38 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Harvey Brown presents his talk 'The Subtleties of Simultaneity - Spreading Time Through Space' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadChristoph Hoerl - Temporal Experience and Temporal Illusions
15:36 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Christoph Hoerl presents his talk, 'Temporal Experience and Temporal Illusions' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadTeresa McCormack - Time and the Child
15:28 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Teresa McCormack presents her talk 'Time and the Child' at the Time Symposium 2011.
DownloadProf Daniel Read - Time Preference
15:27 Tue 13 Dec 2011
Prof Daniel Read delivers his talk 'Time Preference' at the Time Symposium 2011.
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