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Time Zone
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Time Zone
I just started thinking about how screwed up internet communication would be if the time zone system had never been applied,there would`nt be any eastern standard time wich would make a big mess.
Signed The Confused Philosopher.
Signed The Confused Philosopher.
Jerry Orbach 1935 2004
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Confuse this, Philospher:
McTaggart's argument begins by misrepresenting Kant. He states that "In philosophy, time is treated as unreal ... by Kant ..."[2] Continuing, he contends that there are no things to which either of two sets of temporal relations apply. The first set, the "A-series" of time uses relations such as past, present, and future; the "B- series" relates events in time as "earlier than" or "later than". McTaggart asserts that these are the only two ways to order events in time. He terms all the "simultaneous contents of a single position [on the time line]" a group, and this group he considers to be a compound substance. This compound substance which consists of individual events may also be considered an event itself. McTaggart continues to argue that the B-series alone is inadequate to describe time. The A-series must be essential to time, McTaggart states, because the only events we perceive are those which are in the present, an A-series attribute. McTaggart's argument begins: The B-series alone cannot account for change, because events which are earlier (or later) than other events will always be thus. McTaggart states, "The B-series depends on permanent relations, no moment could ever cease to be, nor could it become another moment."[3] The death of Queen Anne, McTaggart purports, is static in that every characteristic of it never changes. The only characteristics relating to such an event which may change are whether it is in the future or the past (or in the present for a brief moment). Thus, change can only be found in the A-series.
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McTaggart's argument begins by misrepresenting Kant. He states that "In philosophy, time is treated as unreal ... by Kant ..."[2] Continuing, he contends that there are no things to which either of two sets of temporal relations apply. The first set, the "A-series" of time uses relations such as past, present, and future; the "B- series" relates events in time as "earlier than" or "later than". McTaggart asserts that these are the only two ways to order events in time. He terms all the "simultaneous contents of a single position [on the time line]" a group, and this group he considers to be a compound substance. This compound substance which consists of individual events may also be considered an event itself. McTaggart continues to argue that the B-series alone is inadequate to describe time. The A-series must be essential to time, McTaggart states, because the only events we perceive are those which are in the present, an A-series attribute. McTaggart's argument begins: The B-series alone cannot account for change, because events which are earlier (or later) than other events will always be thus. McTaggart states, "The B-series depends on permanent relations, no moment could ever cease to be, nor could it become another moment."[3] The death of Queen Anne, McTaggart purports, is static in that every characteristic of it never changes. The only characteristics relating to such an event which may change are whether it is in the future or the past (or in the present for a brief moment). Thus, change can only be found in the A-series.
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Re: Time Zone
The system of what time zone gets applied where has never made much sense to me, though. The lines weave and wander all over the map like Ted Kennedy driving after a 3-day bender. Oh ya, and the time difference between here and my girlfriend's home in Vegas is the bane of my life.Montcalm wrote:I just started thinking about how screwed up internet communication would be if the time zone system had never been applied,there would`nt be any eastern standard time wich would make a big mess.
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