Elvis Sibilia
Friday, September 27, 2019
HOW TO MEASURE TIME WITHOUT A CLOCK
Clocks divide the day into hours, minutes and seconds. But, would it be possible to calculate time without a clock? Yes, based on the change-interval duality. The repetition of a process with constant duration is taken. All processes have a start, an end and an evolution. An example of this process is a musical song. Considering the lyrics and notes of a song you can determine the specific moment in the evolution of the song. The duration of the song is the unit of time. Although the use of a song is not useful, at least we know that we can estimate time without using a clock.
SCIENCE VS COMMON SENSE IN PHILOCHRONY
The main problem about the understanding of time is not its nature, but the differentiation between what is science and what is common sense in time. A science is the set of true, verifiable and general knowledge that describes an aspect of reality. Common sense is the sum of all the senses. By common sense we know that water wets and fire burns. Most people are in the state of common sense. Common sense tells us that the Sun revolves around the Earth, when in reality it is the Earth that revolves around the Sun.
1) It is common sense:
- Time flows or runs.
- Time is a dimension of space.
- One minute of pain lasts longer than one minute of pleasure.
- Time is what clocks measure.
2) It is science:
- Time is the change-interval duality.
- Time increases continuously due to changes.
- Physically, time exists in a continuous present.
- Mathematically, the time dimension is composed of sequential moments or nows.
1) It is common sense:
- Time flows or runs.
- Time is a dimension of space.
- One minute of pain lasts longer than one minute of pleasure.
- Time is what clocks measure.
2) It is science:
- Time is the change-interval duality.
- Time increases continuously due to changes.
- Physically, time exists in a continuous present.
- Mathematically, the time dimension is composed of sequential moments or nows.
Elvis Sibilia
Sunday, September 22, 2019
THE SCIENTIFIC TIME AND THE TIME OF COMMON SENSE
The scientific time is defined as the duration of things (between an interval) in a given physical state or situation. Day is divided precisely in 24 hours, hours in 60 minutes and minutes in 60 seconds. One hour of work is equal to one hour of rest.
The time of common sense is defined as the continuous succession of irreversible moments or changes that goes from the past to the future. This definition is correct, but emphasizes the details of time. The scientific definition of time is closer to the nature of this magnitude.
For common sense, time may go slower or faster according to people's emotional state. Also for common sense, time flows faster as we age. To affirm that time is what clocks measure is also an idea of common sense.
The change-interval duality is deduced from the scientific definition of time.
The time of common sense is defined as the continuous succession of irreversible moments or changes that goes from the past to the future. This definition is correct, but emphasizes the details of time. The scientific definition of time is closer to the nature of this magnitude.
For common sense, time may go slower or faster according to people's emotional state. Also for common sense, time flows faster as we age. To affirm that time is what clocks measure is also an idea of common sense.
The change-interval duality is deduced from the scientific definition of time.
Elvis Sibilia
Monday, September 16, 2019
SIGNIFIER, MEANING AND REFERENT
The signifier are all words or concepts, the meaning is the definition or idea of the signifier and the referent is the object to which the signifier refers.
For example:
1- HOUSE (signifier)
- is the building we use to live (meaning).
- the graphic or drawing of a house (referent).
2- LOVE (signifier)
- is the feeling that inclines us affectively towards another person, animal or thing (meaning).
- person in love (referent).
3- SPACE (signifier)
- is the emptiness that bodies occupy (meaning).
- any body (referent).
4- TEMPERATURE (signifier)
- is the level of heat a body has (meaning).
- the sensation of heat or cold (referent).
5- TIME (signifier)
- is the duration of things in a certain physical state or situation (meaning).
- as the time interval does not generate sensation, the referent of this concept is its measurement. It is for that reason that in Physics the concept of time passes to its measure without defining it properly.
Elvis Sibilia
For example:
1- HOUSE (signifier)
- is the building we use to live (meaning).
- the graphic or drawing of a house (referent).
2- LOVE (signifier)
- is the feeling that inclines us affectively towards another person, animal or thing (meaning).
- person in love (referent).
3- SPACE (signifier)
- is the emptiness that bodies occupy (meaning).
- any body (referent).
4- TEMPERATURE (signifier)
- is the level of heat a body has (meaning).
- the sensation of heat or cold (referent).
5- TIME (signifier)
- is the duration of things in a certain physical state or situation (meaning).
- as the time interval does not generate sensation, the referent of this concept is its measurement. It is for that reason that in Physics the concept of time passes to its measure without defining it properly.
Elvis Sibilia
Friday, September 6, 2019
THE CHARACTER OF TIME
The concepts of matter, space and time are primary concepts, so it is difficult to define them. Matter is a substance, but it is the only one that exists. Space is a emptiness, but it is the only one that exists. And time is a duration, but it is the only one that exists. However, the concepts of substance, emptiness and duration are broader than the concepts of matter, space and time respectively.
The character of time is obtained from its definition: time is the duration of things (objects and bodies) in a given physical state or situation. The states can be: in motion, at rest, with life, in waiting and in existence.
In hourglasses we notice a periodic phenomenon. In clock hands, these move at different rates by measuring different intervals. In digital clocks, the digits last one hour, one minute and one second respectively in rest state. Rest is a form of change, it is a phenomenon.
Time has the character of being a magnitude, of being able to divide into sequential intervals and of having as a basis the changes that things experience.
The character of time is obtained from its definition: time is the duration of things (objects and bodies) in a given physical state or situation. The states can be: in motion, at rest, with life, in waiting and in existence.
In hourglasses we notice a periodic phenomenon. In clock hands, these move at different rates by measuring different intervals. In digital clocks, the digits last one hour, one minute and one second respectively in rest state. Rest is a form of change, it is a phenomenon.
Time has the character of being a magnitude, of being able to divide into sequential intervals and of having as a basis the changes that things experience.
Elvis Sibilia
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