TIME IS MAGNITIVE

Magnitive describes the ineffable quality of time: of being objective, subperceptible, and measurable. Magnitive is derived from “magnitude” and the suffix ive. This word was created by me on September 15, 2017. Time is subperceptible because we only see the beginning and the end of an interval and think about its magnitude. Time is measurable thanks to periodic phenomena, which always repeat with the same period. Examples of periodic phenomena include the movements of the Earth and the Moon. It is objective because it does not need an observer to exist, as Aristotle believed

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TIME AND ITS MEASUREMENT. TRANSCHRONY

 To recap, time is the interval between two sequential moments, one of which is the beginning and the other the end. The connection between the beginning and the end is transchrony. Transchrony is the principle or the ability to connect the start and end of an interval. Transchrony can be objective (within the intervals) or subjective. Time is measured using periodic phenomena. These phenomena always repeat with the same period. The first measurements of time took into account the movements of the Earth and the Moon. Then the first clocks appeared: sundials, water clocks, and hourglasses. In the Middle Ages, mechanical and pendulum clocks emerged. In the 20th century, quartz and atomic clocks appeared.

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THE NATURE OF SPACE AND TIME

Space and time are related because they are composed of intervals. But there is a big difference between these intervals. The components of intervals are extremes and extension. In space, the components are coexisting, and in time, the components are sequential. In space, intervals can be horizontal, vertical, and transverse. In time, they are only sequential. 

Also, in space, intervals are reversible, but in time, they are not. The space-time of relativity was a mathematical trick by Albert Einstein to demonstrate that gravity is not a force and that Isaac Newton was wrong about his theory of gravity. Einstein reasoned based on the equation V = d/t. Einstein isolated time from the equation. Time is relative, but space and time are independent. 

Einstein was right about special relativity, but not about general relativity.

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THE HISTORY OF TIME MEASUREMENT

Measuring is comparing an unknown quantity with a known quantity to determine how many times the unknown quantity contains the unit. We all know sequentially what an hour, a minute, a second, a day, a month, a year, etc. are. Clocks measure time by counting periodic intervals. 

The Ancients realized the periodicity of some phenomena, such as the movements of the Earth and the Moon, and thus discovered time. 

Some argue that time is what clocks measure, but they also claim that clocks measure time, which constitutes a circularity. However, the truth is that time is the physical magnitude that continually increases in value due to the duration of beings and their changes. Clocks do not discriminate between day and night. 

In ancient times, the first clocks appeared: the sundial, the hourglass, and water clocks. The latter are called clepsydras. But the sundial was only useful during the day. 

Mechanical and pendulum clocks emerged in the Middle Ages. In the 20th century, quartz clocks appeared, and finally, atomic clocks emerged. Another classification of clocks is hands-on clocks and digital or numeric clocks.

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PHILOCHRONY: THE LANGUAGE OF TIME. HOW DO WE PROCESS TIME

The processing of time is similar to how we acquire concepts. Through a process of intuition, we abstract the duration of beings. Duration is the permanence of beings and their changes in reality in a given place and state. We record this abstraction in memory. 

In time measurements, we associate numbers with abstractions of duration. In language, we associate words with the abstraction of objects. The language of time is through a number and a unit of time that has been abstracted. 

From Philochrony, some concepts have emerged, such as the becoming-duration duality, magnitive time, the parallelochron, Philochrony, etc.

Clocks, calendars and the diary are tools of Philochrony; although time is a physical magnitude.

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HOW DO WE PERCEIVE TIME?

This article should really have been called "How do we become aware of time?" Because time is not perceived. Through a process of intuition, we abstract the duration of beings. Duration is the permanence of beings and their changes in reality in a given place or state. 

We perceive becoming, but not time. Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible changes that go from the past to the future, passing through the present.

We record this abstraction in our memory. In time measurements, we associate numbers with abstractions of duration. For some people, time is an illusion, but time is a physical magnitude and therefore not an illusion.

 In ancient times, people determined the duration of the day and divided it into 24 hours. We don't have a sense for perceiving duration. We also abstract duration from the aging and material deterioration of beings.

 In conclusion, we do not mean here to say that time is a product of the mind because time is a physical entity and therefore real.

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PERIODIC CHANGES

Periodic changes are those that repeat every certain period of time. This is a topic that fascinates me greatly. For example, midnight is a periodic phenomenon. Two consecutive midnights mark the length of a day. Periodic phenomena can be temporal and wave-like. I will first refer to temporal phenomena and then to wave-like phenomena. Periodic publications are those that appear every certain period of time. They can be daily, weekly, or monthly. The year is another periodic phenomenon. In clocks, we have artificial periodic phenomena: the second, the minute, and the hour. Other artificial periodic phenomena are the week, the month, the decade, etc. 

The stars in the universe are governed by periodic phenomena. An example is Halley Comet, which passes close to the Sun every 75 years.

 According to their speed, periodic phenomena are classified as fast and slow. Temporal phenomena are slow. Waves are fast periodic phenomena. Waves are characterized by frequency, period, wavelength, and speed. Light and sound are waves.

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HOW LONG DOES THE PRESENT LAST?

The past and the future don't exist, but how long does the present last? The brain works like a clock. For children and young people (ages one to 17), the present lasts three seconds; for adults (ages 18 to 50), the present lasts two seconds; and for older people (ages 50 and over), the present lasts one second. This is why we feel that time flows faster as we age. 

Due to our subjectivity, we cannot measure time with our brain alone. We can synchronize our brain by listening to the ticking or looking at the digits of the second hand on a clock. 

 The brain's reverberating circuits synchronize with the second. We perceive time as a continuous succession of instants. 

What is presented in this article is a hypothesis about the duration of the now or present. This hypothesis is based on intuition and personal experience. 

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TIME: UNIVERSAL CAUSE

Time is the universal cause that generates both the processes of the microcosm (in atoms and molecules) and the processes of the macrocosm (in planets and stars). We understand time by the effects it has on living beings. Time is the cause by which living beings bb be, that is, they develop, move, and some beings replace others. 

The consequences of the passage of time are: 

1- Aging (there is no rejuvenation). 

2- Material deterioration. 

3- The replacement of the old by the new. The flow of time from past to future obeys the law of irreversibility. This law does not allow time travel. In biological processes, living beings are born, grow, multiply, become adults, age, and die.

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WHAT IS DURATION?

Duration is the central concept in Philochrony. Duration is the permanence of beings and their changes in reality in a given place or state. Duration is the becoming delimited by a beginning and an end. Duration can be periodic or simple. It is periodic when something happens every certain period of time. In a body at rest, there is becoming because in matter there are changes at the atomic level. Time is to duration what length is to extension. Time is the amount of duration, and length is the amount of extension. 

On a digital clock, the second is the pause of the digits, the minute is the pause made by the digits on the minute hand. On the hour, the digits on the hour hand change. In other words, the pause of the digits is duration, and the numerical increment is becoming. This becoming is periodic. The ancients intuited time through the periodicity of certain natural phenomena, such as the movements of the Earth and the Moon.

 In conclusion, time is the physical magnitude that continually increases in value due to the duration of beings.

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CHRONOLOGY AND PHILOCHRONY

Etymologically, Chronology is the science of time. But in reality, Chronology is a method of ordering events by date. It is an aid to history. Chronology does not study time, nor has it ever done so. The true study of time is Philochrony. Philochrony is the branch of philosophy that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence. Chronology is based first on the Julian calendar and then on the Gregorian calendar. Chronologies are represented by a straight line where events are placed according to the date they occur. 

Unlike Chronology, Philochrony classifies beings according to their duration: Eternal, enduring, perishable, ephemeral, and fleeting.

 A) Eternal things have no beginning or end, like space. For believers, God and paradise are eternal. 

B) Enduring things last a long time. They are divided into:

 - Centennial, if they last between 100 and 999 years. For example, the fir tree and the saguaro cactus. 

- Millennial, if they last from 1,000 to 999,000 years. Sequoia trees. 

- Millionaire, if they last more than a million years. Geological eras, the life of planets and stars.

 C) Perishable things are short-lived, lasting from one day to 99 years. The life of a human being.

D) Ephemeral things are short-lived, a few hours.

 E) Fleeting things are very short-lived, a few seconds or fractions of a second. The blink of an eye and the beating of a heart.

STATS OF THE BLOG IN THE LAST WEEK

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Brazil.   2,180

Vietnam. 718

Argentina 160

Ecuador.  113

United States  101

Thanks to these countries.

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BENEFITS OF PHILOCHRONY IN OUR DAILY LIFE

In  addition to having an objective vision of time, Philocrony allows us to:

1- Not despair when waiting for a future date.

2- Not let negative experiences from the past affect us. We treat these experiences like a dream or a nightmare.

3- Be aware that the qualities of time are becoming, duration, and periodicity.

4- Be aware that time is not a dimension of space. Space and time are independent.

5- We do not perceive time directly, but we have a sub-perception of it. But it is not an illusion.

6- Be aware that time travel is impossible.

7- Be aware that time is irreversible; it only flows from the past to the future.

8- It is more relaxing to wait for an event for a week than to wait for an event for a month.

9- Philocrony helps combat Alzheimer.

10- It helps us establish a diary and an agenda.

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MEASUREMENT OF TIME

Time is measured by counting periodic intervals. Periodic intervals are phenomena that repeat in the same order and have the same duration. This is proof that time exists objectively and is not an illusion as some believe. Time is also not a dimension of space because spatial dimensions are static while time is fluid. The measurement of time is a mathematical process. With the movements of the earth, we measure years and days, and with clocks, we measure hours, minutes, and seconds.

Duration is the becoming delimited by a start and an end.

In conclusion, time is the physical magnitude that continuously increases in value due to its becoming and that is used to measure the duration of things.Time is a sub-perceptual magnitude because we only perceive a succession of irreversible moments. We perceive intervals mathematically through measurements.

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THE PHILOCHRON RELATIVITY

Philochron relativity is based on the ideas of Philochrony. The theory of relativity includes both special and general relativity, formulated primarily by Albert Einstein in the early 20th century. These theories sought to resolve the incompatibility between Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetism. The special theory of relativity, published in 1905, deals with the physics of the motion of bodies in the absence of gravitational forces, in which Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism were made compatible with a reformulation of the laws of motion. The General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, is a theory of gravity that replaces Newtonian gravity, although it numerically coincides with it for weak gravitational fields and small velocities.

Source: Wikipedia 

In Philochrony, time is defined from a mathematical point of view as the physical quantity that: 

1- continuously increases in value due to becoming,

2- slows down due to high velocity, 

3- but continues to increase in value. 

Time is not a dimension of space, as relativity posited. Space-time is a mathematical trick devised by Albert Einstein. Einstein reasoned by solving for time in the equation V = d/t. 

Philochrony's Equations of Relativity: 

Tn = D/Vl (Tn is normal time, Vl is low velocity) 

Ts = D/%C (Ts is slowed down time, %C is velocity at a certain percent of the speed of light).

Albert Einstein was so focused on including acceleration and gravity in his theory that he inferred the concept of space-time from the equation V = d/t. In short, Philochron Relativity states that even though time dilates at high speeds, it still increases in value. In 1921, Albert Einstein was not awarded the Nobel Prize for his Theory of Relativity because the person assigned to revise it did not understand it and considered it to be flawed.

PHILOCHRONY AND AWARENESS

Philochrony is the branch of philosophy that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence. Philochrony emerged on March 13, 2009. The main themes of Philochrony are: the becoming-duration duality, magnitive time, the parallelochron, the qualities of time, and the mathematical definition of time. On the other hand, awareness is the mental faculty of knowing things deeply, of knowing ourselves, and of differentiating between objective reality and ourself. Sensory knowledge is superficial. Even awareness is beyond rational knowledge. Awarness relies on intuition to penetrate the essence of beings. 

Philochrony is the awareness of time.

 Psychology is the awareness of mental health. 

Ethics is moral awareness.

 Law is the awareness of justice. 

Mathematics is the awareness of quantity, numbers, and their relationships.

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Note:

Consider this idea: God is the Universal Awarness; He created us in His image and likeness. The Universe has awarness, God. Christ, Buddha, and Muhammad possessed Universal awarness to a primary degree. Moses and the Apostle Paul possessed it to a secondary degree. When we die, the body returns to the earth, and awarness returns to God. Some people and religions identify awarness as the soul.

 BLOG STATS

Countries with the most visits to my Philochrony blog over the entire period. 

Country     Views 

Singapore 16,100 

Hong Kong. 9,360 

United States 8,050 

Vietnam. 1,350 

Brazil. 1,230 

Germany 1,024 

Russia. 983 

France 817

Austria 547

 United Kingdom 516 

Ukraine 494 

Canada. 298

 China. 253

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 

Philosophy is the method that, starting from reflection (questions), yields an intuition of new knowledge. Philosophy is based on reasoning. The branches of Philosophy are: Logic and Gnoseology or Epistemology, which study knowledge; Metaphysics and Ontology, which study Being; Ethics, which studies moral values; Aesthetics, which studies beauty; History of Philosophy; and finally, Philochrony. Philochrony describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence. Philochrony emerged on March 13, 2009. The main philosophers in history are: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, John Locke, David Hume, Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Michel Foucault. The main currents of philosophy are idealism and materialism. Idealism can be objective (Plato) and subjective (George Berckely). Materialism can be mechanistic (Ludwig Feuerbach) and dialectical (Karl Marx). Philosophy originated in ancient Greece with the ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Note: This is a personal summary of philosophy.

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MATHEMATICAL DEFINITION OF TIME

Mathematics is an important tool in Physics. That is why time is defined as the physical magnitude that continually increases in value due to becoming and is used to measure the duration of things. In the calendar the days pass increasing the length of the year. In clocks the hours and minutes pass increasing the length of the days. Physicists apply mathematics to natural phenomena to explain reality or the universe. Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible changes that go from the past to the future through the present. The becoming can be simple or periodic. With the passage of days and years we increase our age. Age is a simple becoming while in clocks we see a periodic becoming. 

Source: Philochrony