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7 pages. The philosophy of time has been under debate since the day of Aristotle. Two articles in The Scientific American that deal with time are discussed in this paper and try to explain time in terms of both physics and philosophy. This is an intriguing paper that will pose many questions. But are the answers really out there? Time is indeed a mysterious entity that is difficult to explain. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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time in terms of both physics and philosophy. This is an intriguing paper that will pose many questions. But are the answers really out there? Time is
indeed a mysterious entity that is difficult to explain. WHAT IS TIME? The article Real Time by Gary Stix attempts to explain to the reader the concept of real
time as defined by physics. What we consider to be time is truly only an illusion according to this article. While Global Positioning Systems are accurate due to
the use of at least four satellites and "an onboard atomic clock" (Stix, 2002, 38) time is a concept only in relation to where you are in the world. Paul
Davies, in his article That Mysterious Flow is more philosophical in his approach as to what makes up the meaning of time. He describes time as a continuous line;
but is there really a past, present and future, or are they just illusions? As an example we might use the concept of a child who is waiting for
ice cream. He is anxious for it. His mother tells him he must wait. The child is then sad. When he finally gets the ice cream,
he is happy. So was this an example of the past, the present and the future? Not necessarily. This was an example of a childs emotions according
to the article. Each moment was a present moment, and each moment also at different times was the past, the present and the future. So time is indeed
illusive. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME When Parmenides asks what it means to exist or what existence is in relation to time, he gives us three possibilities. Only one
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