Dear Achim:
we'll never find the definition of Time in a philosophical way.
Our mind has invented every concept in the world, therefore concepts cannot
be definitely explained by means of other concepts ! We can go further:
nothing exists without our mind, because things are nothing but mental
concepts !!
Like in Mathematics "evident" concepts such as straight line, point, number,
and so on,
can be defined only with the set of accepted axioms relating each other, or
like in Physics every concept is exactly defined by means of the associated
measuring procedures , also
the concept of Time is impossible to be defined "directly" .... What Time is
?
Time IS the set of measuring procedures we have agreed to measure it !...
What that "it" means ???
Uhm , Uhm ....Oh, my God ......!!!
Alberto Nicelli
Italy (45* 28' N ; 7* 52' E)
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> From: Achim Loske[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: giovedì 15 ottobre 1998 3.03
> To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de
> Subject: atomic clocks and TIME
>
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> Another question:
> Does somebody know what TIME is?
> The 1994 ENCARTA encyclopedia defines time as:
> Period during which an action or event occurs.
> I am not happy with that, because I could ask what the word PERIOD means
> and the response might be:
> Time between two events!
>
> Thanks in advance - Achim.
>
> Achim M. Loske
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