HISTORICAL PAST VS METRICAL PAST

Philochrony distinguishes between the historical past (HP) and the metric past (MP). The historical past refers to the events that have already occurred. The metric past refers to dates prior to the present. The HP is not real, but the MP is, because time is an objective-abstract property of universe.

For example:
1- Destruction of the Berlin Wall (11-09-1989).
2- Attack to the Twin Towers (09-11-2001).
3- Indonesia earthquake and tsunami (26-12-2004).

The historical past is the events arranged chronologically and the metric past are the dates. Although the HP is not real we have evidence that it existed. Our date of birth is real and known. Our date of death is real but unknown. Death is an inevitable fact.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

THE NATURE OF TIME

Let's also see the nature of water, light and color as a reference to the nature of time.

- Water is the substance formed by the H2O molecule.

- Light is the electromagnetic phenomenon composed of wave-particle that makes bodies visible.

- Color is the property (objective-concrete) that manifests in bodies when they are illuminated.

- Time is the property (objective-abstract) that indicates the duration of things. Water, light and color are material, time is not. Time is the most tenuous property in the universe. Time increases continuously in value due to the succession of changes.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

THE OBJECTIVE AND THE SUBJECTIVE

The objective is real, relative to the object. The subjective is mental, relative to the subject.

The objective can be:
a) Concrete (a specific thing: table, chair, apple, house, etc).
b) Abstract (quality considered separately that is part of the concrete: length, mass, time, volume, etc.).

The subjective can be:
a) Abstract (love, hate, happiness, peace, etc).
b) Imaginary (it is unreal: dragon, mermaid, unicorn, etc).

Time is the property we abstract from the phenomena of occurring continually. From a clock we abstract a measure, the quantity of duration. Similarly, from a body we abstract its mass or its length.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

DEFINITIONS IN PHILOCHRONY

1- Philochrony is the formal science that describes the nature of time and demonstrates its existence.

2- Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible moments that goes from the past to the future.

3 - Duration is the permanence of beings (between a start and an end) in a certain physical state or situation. Duration is also the continuous occurrence of phenomena between a time interval.

4- Time is the measure of duration by an uniform periodic movement (UPM). Time is the regular becoming.

5 - Magnitive is the ineffable quality of time to be objective, imperceptible and calibrated.

6- Chromnesia is the temporary memory; it is where units of time are processed. Although we understand the units of time, sometimes we do not understand what time is.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

WE MEASURE DURATION, NOT TIME

The difference between duration and time is that duration ends and time does not. An example of duration is life that ends with death. Time is the measure of duration by a uniform periodic movement (MPU). Time is the regular becoming.

We measure the duration of beings, not time. Time is already calibrated naturally for the motions of the Earth. Time is like a measuring tape that is already calibrated.

Thousands of years before Christ man discovered time calibration and created calendars. Clocks are an artificial copy of time. In the history of clock we can know the calibration process of this tool.

We use time with three purposes:
1- Measure the duration of beings (objects and phenomena).
2- Order events in sequence.
3- Set the schedules.

Now the magnitive time is objective, imperceptible and calibrated.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

THE ORIGIN OF TIME

In Mechanics there are several types of motion:

1) Uniform rectilinear motion (URM).
2) Uniformly accelerated motion(UAM).
3) The circular motion (CM).
4) The wave motion (WM).

Time originates from an uniform periodic motion (UPM) like Earth's motion. Time is the tool we use to measure the duration of things. If the origin of time or UPM ceases to be uniform it is not time, but an irregular or variable becoming. Relative time is not time, but an irregular becoming with a certain duration. A clock that is subjected to high speed would not be accurate in measuring time. 

It is not that time is relative, but that speed and gravity transform time (regular becoming) into an irregular becoming.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA

FORMS OF BECOMING

Becoming is the continuous succession of irreversible moments that goes from the past to the future. Becoming is unstoppable and manifests itself in changes (perceptible). Becoming can be regular and irregular. The regular becoming or time is periodic and can be divided into equal intervals. For example: clocks. Time is magnitive, that is, objective, imperceptible (we know it by intuition) and measurable.

The irregular becoming cannot be divided into equal intervals. For example: rain and the life of organisms. We refer the duration of the irregular becoming to time for its measurement. Hence the importance of clocks and calendars. Time is the mathematical becoming; so to deny the existence of time is to deny reality. Time is a good tool to measure duration.

The irregular becoming is identified as Events and the regular becoming is Time. The principle of Forms of becoming applies in:

1- The origin of the universe.

Before the Big Bang there were only events and time originated with the BB. Abbreviated form: E - BB - T.

2- Space-time is the universe in all its extension and composition. In the universe we find celestial bodies, events and time. Some events are: light, gravity, black holes, etc. The periodic movements of the celestial bodies is time.

3- Speed is the relation between displacement (event) and time, that is, E / T.

Elvis Sibilia, Florida, USA