How big? How fast? Transcendental Reflections on Space, Time and World Models.

The article presents the author's concept on the definite size of spatial things and temporal headings. The author notes that non-conceptual magnitude of a spatial object is a determinate unit size. He stresses that natural objects have a definite size relative to embody human subjectivity as world...

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Publicado en:Philosophy Vol. 84; no. 3; pp. 325 - 340
Autor principal: Wyller, Truls
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2009
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Sumario:The article presents the author's concept on the definite size of spatial things and temporal headings. The author notes that non-conceptual magnitude of a spatial object is a determinate unit size. He stresses that natural objects have a definite size relative to embody human subjectivity as world model or measure of the worlds. He points out that the presence of global models in human life has an indexical character and remarks that the temporal extension of events is intrinsic to human experience. The article presents the author's concept on the definite size of spatial things and temporal headings.