“Absent Presence” – Quantum Time and Quantum Consciousness in Wilson Harris’s Palace of the Peacock
Barbara Lewandowska‐Tomaszczyk, Krzysztof Kosecki
Peter Lang eBooks July 11, 2016 DOI: 10.3726/978-3-653-03331-1/35 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that time is observer-determined, a perspective the editors contend sheds light on the multiple, often conflicting temporalities people inhabit and express. The book's chapters use empirical methods to examine linguistic and psychological aspects of time perception and conceptualization, covering language acquisition, memory and attention mechanisms, event structures, and treatments of time in philosophy, literature, the arts, and non-verbal communication. |
Abstract
They view time as observer-determined and thus shed light on multiple and often conflicting temporalities we live in, think, and talk about. Relying on empirical methods, the book explores linguistic and psychological parameters of time perception and conceptualization. It deals, among others, with temporal aspects of language acquisition, neural mechanisms of memory and attention, as well as event structures. Further chapters focus on the understanding of time in philosophy, literature, the arts, and non-verbal communication.