Quote:
Originally Posted by James Putnam
The point of this question is to hear from others how time becomes a part of physical action in the universe.
|
Indeed, this is an age old question in philosophy.
Quote:
|
Time is not something for which mechanical type tests can be performed. It is not available to be contained, handled, or tested. It seems to me that the adoption of the idea that time is the property that is being altered is an unsubstantiated assumption.
|
Just to clarify, time dilation does not imply that "time is the property being altered", but rather the *measurements* of time are being altered. Hence clocks are used.
Science does not have a definition of time in the way that you are assuming. Science utilizes the
second to measure time. The "essence of time" is a question for philosophy to answer.
