time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify
Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle time as a top-level concept linking measured time, experience of time and time in music and culture.
The continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; the top-level concept of time, as distinct from measured time and musical rhythm.
What it is for: The entry above time measurements, calendars and temporal concepts.
It can be measure and represent it; experience and describe it; order events in it; study it in physics and philosophy.
Distinguishing features
The continuum of events
Physical, experienced and social time differ
Measured time is a separate entry
Musical rhythm is a different sense
What it looks like
Not visible; represented by clocks, calendars and timelines.
How it is recognised
Clocks, calendars and timelines
Musical time and rhythm are a separate sense merged in aliases
Specific time concepts are separate entries
Related models
has kind - concepts
is studied by - fields
orders - events
is confused with - musical sense
In practice
Families and kinds
physical time
experienced time
social and calendar time
musical time and rhythm
Standards and regulation
SI definition of the second
ISO 8601
Failure modes and hazards
Mixing senses of time
Unit and zone errors in measured time
Analytical facets
- substance
- abstract
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
+77
Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Senses Which time.
Time has several senses.
Kind
Physical, experienced, social.
Sense
Which sense.
- Which sense of time is meant? definition
- Is there a more specific entry? action
Music
Rhythm and metre.
Musical time
Musical sense.
- Is musical time or rhythm meant? boundary
- Which metre? definition
Measurement Measured time.
Measurement links to standards.
Units
Seconds and calendars.
Units
Units and scales.
- Which units and scales apply? definition
- Which time zone? boundary
Ordering
Before and after.
Ordering
Ordering events.
- In what order did events occur? provenance
- How certain? measurement
Experience Time as lived.
Experience of time varies.
Perception
Felt duration.
Perception
Perceived time.
- How is time perceived in this context? definition
- What affects it? definition
Culture
Time in cultures.
Culture
Cultural time.
- How do cultures structure time differently? definition
- Which calendars apply? definition
Theory Physics and philosophy.
Theories are debated.
Physics
Relativity.
Physics
Physical theories.
- What does physics say about time here? provenance
- Is it established or speculative? boundary
Philosophy
Debates.
Philosophy
Philosophical views.
- Which philosophical views apply? provenance
- Are they presented fairly? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- How should this top-level entry relate to measured time?
- Should musical rhythm be split off?
- How should philosophical debates be represented?