10 QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME

These questions are answered by Philochrony.
1- What is time?
Time is the periodic becoming that we use to measure the duration of things and determine when events occur.
2- Does time exist?
Yes, time exists because it is a measurable quantity and affects all of reality.
3- Can we perceive time?
No, we only perceive changes or becoming. The intervals are subperceptible.
4- Is time the fourth dimension of space?
No, time is not a dimension of space. Spacetime is a mathematical trick devised by Albert Einstein. Einstein reasoned by solving for time in the equation S= d/t.
5- Can we travel in time?
Not because neither the past nor the future exist. Time travel is only possible in science fiction.
6- What is time made up of?
Time is made up of natural or artificial periodic intervals.
7- What is magnitive time?
Magnitive time is objective, subperceptible and measurable.
8- What is magnitivism?
Magnitivism is the theory that describes magnitive time. Magnitive comes from magnitude and the suffix ive.
9- What is the parallelochron?
The parallelochron is the diagram that represents the

direction of time and that of all events and phenomena.
10- What is Philochrony?
Philochrony is the science that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence

 

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LENGTH AND TIME INTERVALS

Previous note:

These are reflections on space and time to come to interesting conclusions.
Both length and time are made up of intervals. An interval is the distance or separation between two points in space (length) or between two sequential moments in becoming (time).
Length is measured in all three directions of space. Time (1) is the separation between two sequential moments in becoming, one of which is the beginning and the other the end. Between the beginning and the end there are sequential changes. Time is measured in only one direction, from the past to the future. These are mathematical definitions because they describe physical magnitudes or quantities. Time intervals are periodic and for this reason are known (subperceptibly) to the observer.

The idea that time flows is not a metaphor, it is a reality. Time flows (passes) second by second, minute by minute.

n conclusion:
Time (2) is the periodic becoming that we use to measure the duration of things. Date is the length of the year. The time is the length of the day. Age is the length of a person's life. Time is made up of natural (day and year) and artificial (clocks) periodic intervals.
Note:
(1) and (2) are definitions of time from two different approaches.

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THE OBJCTIVE, THE SUBJECTIVE AND THE MAGNITIVE

These terms refer to how the subject perceives reality.
Objective is derived from object. The object is tangible and perceptible. An objective person bases his ideas on reality and truth. Subjective is derived from subject. So subjective is the opinion of the subject. Ideal. Magnitive is derived from magnitude. Magnitude is a physical quantity. The magnitive is the magnitude that increases continuously and is not perceived but is subperceptible. Time is the only magnitive magnitude. Because it is a physical and measurable magnitude, time is objective. By faith we believe in things we do not see. By extended experience (duration) we accept the existence of time. An interval is the distance or separation between two points in space or two moments in time.
The time interval is represented by: Start (lowest value) < ----------- > end (highest value). The subjective conception of time affirms that it does not exist, is an illusion, or is a priori. If time were subjective it would not have changed or becoming. It wouldn't have duration.

Magnitive time is defined as the duration of things subject to change bounded by a beginning and an end.

 

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MAGNITIVE TIME THEORY

A theory is the organized set of ideas that explain a phenomenon, deduced from observation, experience or logical reasoning. There are theories of evolution, relativity, the Big Bang, chaos, color, quantum, etc.
Time is based on the duration, which is the interval between two sequential moments, one beginning and the other ending.
The theory of magnitive time arises when I realize that between the start and the end of an interval there is a certain amount of duration.
According to this theory the magnitive time is:
1) Magnitive of course.
2) It is based on the becoming-duration duality
3) It is represented by the parallelochron
The magnitive time is measurable (amount of duration), objective (it does not need a consciousness to measure it as Aristotle believed) and subperceptible (we do not see an interval in its entirety, but first we see the beginning and then we see the end and with the help of the measurement the brain relates these two moments and integrates the magnitude of the interval.
In Philochrony we have developed the theory of magnitive time. The magnitive concept was devised on September 16, 2017 and is derived from the word magnitude.
Now we have the theory of magnitive time and Philochrony as a science.

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THE ENCHANTED CHAIN

This title is a metaphor to refer to the relationship between becoming, duration and time. The first link, becoming, are changes in reality. This is a property of the universe. The second link is the duration, which are the intervals between two sequential moments. The third link is time or measure of duration. Duration is measured based on periodic phenomena. If the second link were missing, it would be eternity and time would not exist.

Albert Einstein tried to add a fourth link to the enchanted chain: space-time. But space-time doesn't exist physically, it's just a mathematical structure. It's hypothetical.

Notes:
1) A moment is a point in time without duration. It's like a photograph.
2) Periodic phenomena are those that are repeated indefinitely and with the same duration.

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THE TWO NATURES OF TIME

In hand watches we see time pass, occur, happen, elapse or become. This is the continuous succession of irreversible changes that go from the past to the future through the present. That is the first nature (N1) of time.

The second nature (N2) of time is duration, intervals, or periodic events. Duration is the interval between two sequential moments, one of which occurs before (start) and the other after (end).

In the hand watch, an interval is completed when the minute hand passes twice through the same point on the watch face. This is a periodic event. But this second nature of time is sub-perceptible because we only see one event at a time: the beginning and the end.

The movements of the Earth are the N1 of time and the day (24 hours) is the N2.

This is the enigma of revealed time, two natures: becoming and duration, which confirms the becoming-duration duality.

In summary, time is the length (N2)) flowing (N1) of phenomena Time is defined as the duration of things subject to change that determine the periods and times.

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THE NEW PARALLELOCHRON

 

The past and the future are real because they point the direction of the flow of time

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PHILOCHRONY IS A SCIENCE

A science is composed of true knowledge verifiable by experience. Philochrony proposes that time is magnitive and also proposes the Becoming-Duration Duality.

Magnitive time is objective, subperceptible and measurable. We verify the continuous succession of irreversible changes (becoming) that go from the past to the future through the present. Becoming is objective.

We verify that events have a start (before) and an end (after). The duration is subperceptible.

We also verify that watches give us an accurate measure of the passage of time.

As for the becoming-duration duality we verify that there is no becoming without duration and duration without becoming.

For a time I considered Philochrony as a theory, but that limited the study of Philochrony, which is the science that describes the nature of time and proves its existence.

Chronology and Chronometrics are disciplines of Philochrony

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THE BECOMING-DURATION DUALITY

This is a revision to the concept of becoming-duration.

Time is the duration of things subject to change (becoming) that determines periods and epochs. The concept of time encloses those of becoming and duration. Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible changes that go from the past to the future through the present.

Duration is the permanence of things in reality from a beginning to an end. This is the complexity of time. The becoming and durationc complement each other to constitute time. Becoming without duration is eternity. In watches the movement of the hands is the becoming and the numbers and marks are the duration.
Time is not only what we read on a clock, we must think about the concepts of becoming and duration.

A summary of time is that it flows (becoming) originating the different intervals (duration).
In conclusion, time is a duality: becoming-duration = time. Spacetime is a mathematical structure invented by Albert Einstein based on the equation t = d/s, where s is the speed of light or c.

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TIME IN PHYSICS AND PHILOCHRONY

This is the first time that I relate Physics and Philochrony regarding the subject of time. For physics, time is what clocks measure (Albert Einstein). According to Wikipedia, time is the physical magnitude with which the duration or separation of things is measured. But these definitions are incomplete because, what do clocks measure? Time. With this we would fall into a vicious circle. In the definition of Wikipedia, what is duration ? For some physicists, including Julian Barbur, time is an illusion, it does not exist. Isaac Newton resorted to a metaphor to explain time. Newton said that time is like an invisible river in which everything happens. Physics is about material and tangible objects, and time is intangible. Time is imperceptible and unobservable to physical equations.

For Philochrony time is derived from the word interval. So time is the distance or separation between two sequential moments one of which occurs before and the other after. For this reason time is 1D sequential space.

It is already known that time is magnitive, that is, objective, subperceptible and measurable. It is objective because the intervals are real. It is subperceptible because we do not perceive the intervals at once, but we see the beginning before and the end after. It is obvious that it is measurable by means of periodic phenomena.

In conclusion:
Physics provides the tools to measure time, clocks. Philochrony proves the existence of time and provides a theory about its nature.

 

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