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Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought

Understanding Human Time

Understanding Human Time

Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought

Understanding Human Time

Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought: Understanding Human Time

 

This book explores the time that we (think we) experience and the concept of time in our beliefs, our knowledge, and our fears. The chapters bring together insights from linguists and philosophers to examine questions about time on the micro-level of physical reality, as well as time in language and discourse on the macro-level of social reality.


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Beschrijving Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought: Understanding Human Time

This book explores the time that we (think we) experience and the concept of time in our beliefs, our knowledge, and our fears. We believe that time passes, we know that death is inevitable, we fear that we are going to be late. How do these human feelings and sensations of time relate to metaphysical time of tenseless reality? What do different languages tell us about the nature of human time? And what exactly is the flow of time? The chapters in this volume bring together insights from linguists and philosophers to examine questions about time on the micro-level of physical reality, as well as time in language and discourse on the macro-level of social reality. The unifying theme is that in order to understand human time we have to discover not only how we think and speak about time, but also what it is that makes us think and speak about it in a certain way.


ISBN
9780192896445
Pagina's
384
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Serie
Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought
NUR
610
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Oxford

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