1 of 17

Real

Write now Article Tools

Page 5 of 5

temporal differences. It is suggested that conscious time perception, like space perception, is subject to errors that belie a unitary underlying representation. E. R. Clay's (The Alternative: A Study in Psychology, 1882) concept of the "specious present," an extended moment represented in consciousness, is suggested as an alternative to the more common notion of instantaneous experience that underlies much reasoning based on the "time of arrival" in consciousness.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/s cience?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WD0-46HWN0V-F&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=348105c43eba5051000ae53f70 e79202

[vii]Non-Euclidean geometry
Importance
"The development of non-Euclidean geometries proved very important to physics in the 20th century. Einstein's general relativity describes space as generally flat (i.e., Euclidean), but elliptically curved (i.e., non-Euclidean) in regions near where matter is present. This kind of geometry, where the curvature changes from point to point, is called Riemannian geometry."
"Non-Euclidean geometry." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 1 Mar 2009, 17:06 UTC. 12 Apr 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/inde x.php?title=Non-Euclidean_geom etry&oldid=274178322>.

[viii] Perception: "In philosophy, psychology, and the cognitive sciences, perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information."

Perception
"Perception." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 9 Apr 2009, 08:03 UTC. 12 Apr 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/inde x.php?title=Perception&oldid=282726487>.

[ix] "It is a commonplace that humans use technologies to extend our ability to see, remember, calculate and reason. Science has always depended on such tools. I am interested in the interaction of ordinary human modes of perception with the technologies that enhance the modes of perception of empirical science. This dynamic has three features important to a developed philosophy of experimentation. First, there is a shift from ordinary human perception, construed in terms of contemporary common sense notions, to the real (or super-real) objects of scientific investigation such as the primary qualities of Galileo and Newton. This first shift is often described as abstracting from the sensory sources of perceptual experience to mathematical properties that are beyond the reach of unmediated human sense perception. "

WK Varying the Cognitive Span: experimentation, visualization and computation

Professor David Gooding

Science Studies Centre
Department of Psychology, University of Bath

Learn more about this author, S E Garrett.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.

• << previous page
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Add your voice

Know something about Is time real or relative??
We want to hear your view. Write now!