plese use simple non standard words as i'm not an educated man. i'm having to open up the dictionary every other words.
philosophical answers please
2007-10-30 02:25:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
a very important dimention that gives meaning to everything else.
2007-10-30 02:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by Arabian Dune 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Plain answer: no-one knows.
We all experience time, but can't truly measure it - all clocks of whatever sort depend not on time, but on things happening. If time itself and so the rate at which things happen changes, we couldn't know.
Einstein saw time and space as being parts of the same thing, but this still doesn't answer the question.
I suppose the bottom line is that we only know what we experience, and don't truly know what anything is. The chair we sit on is a vague cloud of electrical charges whizzing around, the girl we kiss is the same..... and time is just one more mystery in a world of mysteries.
We can manage bits of the world quite well, but don't try asking me or anyone what it truly is!
2007-10-30 09:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, let's talk about what exists.
The future does not exist. The past does not exist. Nobody ever goes there, much less returns from such a journey. The only thing that exists is the EverNow.
Time, as we tend to think about it, is a way of measuring changes in the EverNow. We observe intrinsic rate of change and get days, half-lifes, years, and frequencies. By comparing them to each other and chopping them into pieces we get other standardized units of change such as hours, minutes, seconds, fortnights, and so on.
Because of the nature of the universe, rates of change can themselves be changed. Things can be made to change comparatively slowly or quickly through effects such as time dilation. We refer to this is going through time faster or slower, but again this creates an inaccurate mental picture - there is no 'time' as a thing to go through, to flow past, or any of the other ways people usually describe it.
Nor is time is a dimension like space because there are no 'other' times. You can plot it on a chart, if you like, because math itself has no physical reality (it, too, is a description rather than a thing-in-itself).
That's my take, anyway, for what it's worth. Prove me wrong, if you can.
2007-10-30 17:53:20 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Time is passing non-stop, and we follow it with clocks and calendars. Yet we cannot study it with a microscope or experiment with it. And it still keeps passing. We just cannot say what exactly happens when time passes.
Time is represented through change, such as the circular motion of the moon around the earth. The passing of time is indeed closely connected to the concept of space.
2007-10-30 09:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jaimee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In its most base form, time is a measurement of the movement of energy. Einstein's Theory states that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light, squared (E=mc2). Since mass is stationary, time is a measurement of the speed of light or approximately 186,282.397 miles per second (by our measurement standards). Their are some theories that state if you could travel faster than the speed of light, you could move back in time.
2007-10-30 09:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by pcguthrie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Time is the only constant in this universe. Everything is affected by it, it maintains life, and most importantly it is LIMITED. So the best thing to do is understand that concept and live life to the fullest.
2007-10-30 10:10:11 · answer #6 · answered by modrealist 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Time is the distance between two events. One must also realize however, that time and space are inseparable so that distance being a measure of space is bound up with time. When you change time you also change space and when space changes time also changes. The real concept is 'space-time' which is the measure of the distance between object-events.
2007-10-30 10:23:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
While we discuss it (and you see that nobody can give you an answer), it's passing by slowly, the famous quote: "the time is flowing in the middle of the night".... will show that the biggest problem of philosophy remains unsolved
2007-10-30 10:11:56 · answer #8 · answered by Jelena L. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
time is an invented word for something which hasn't got any definition...a word that made people secure , and gave meaning to their petty little lives..humans are obssessed with measuring in general, because they think that way they can compensate for their otherwise limited capacities
2007-10-30 09:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by vick kendall 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
time is a idea to give substance to the flow of life
2007-10-30 09:35:39 · answer #10 · answered by Ramona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋