Not Henry Porter wrote:
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I agree. This is not the Heidegger board, just some bobheads a few of whom might enjoy sharing "armshare philosophy" about concepts none of us have any business feeling cocky about. There is a book called something like "The History of Time," It is fascinating and literally traces the development of man's history in trying to record "time" from the earliest known archeological evidences, up to the present.
I searched and found something like this by Hawkings, but "I don't think that is the one I had in mind."
As to Wurlitzer's last, I can only say that I think that without a consciousness of "times past" we cannot even postulate "times to come."' This is the linkage I perceive between time and memory. Perhaps we must introuce the concept of "consciousness" as have most other philosophers, when discussing "time."
but consciousness of times past is usually in reference to historical events, not personal memories. i would substitute your idea of memory with the idea of history. the time line of history is a much different thing than the time line of personal memory, and is far more relevant to our anticipation of what is to come in the future than the meager experience gathered in our few years of existance. in fact, our concept of a stable earth and universe comes from an environmental perception based on only a short span of years. if we look at the changes in the planet from a historical, not personal, perspective, we would not be worried so much about the weather fluctuations and geographical changes made to the earth's surface
by such events and earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
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