The philosopher, Bernard Lonergan, has a very astute observation to make
about time. He distinguishes between the time that we measure (in
minutes, years, etc.) and the time that we experience. Measured
time belongs to the data of sense and serves to frame events for an analysis
by the natural sciences. Experienced time belongs to the data
of consciousness and serves to frame events for analysis by the human sciences.
In this latter case, for example, the better historians aim to recreate
the sense of things going forward as they were experienced, not as they
may be measured. The same goes for the better psychologists
-- they don't pay equal attention to every event in your life strung along
a time line; they focus on meaningful time, valuable time.
I'm relying here on Lonergan's Method in Theology, Chapter 8,
"History."
Bob Haselby wrote:
Achim, My thoughts on time which I,m sure I
read somewhere and I often
considered as a reasonable sundial inscription is:
"Without Time, everything would happen at once!"
Thus the time keeps everything from happening at once.
Bob Haselby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
