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"Now" has an infinitesimal positive duration
pp. 271-277
Abstract
This article offers the nonstandard or "hyperreal" line as a model for Time, thereby to resolve a persistent controversy of the meaning of "Now." As a "monad" in the Leibnitzian time axis, "Now" is a time interval shorter than any standard positive interval, yet longer than any infinitesimal.
Publication details
Published in:
Wuppuluri Shyam, Ghirardi Giancarlo (2017) Space, time and the limits of human understanding. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 271-277
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44418-5_21
Full citation:
Hersh Reuben (2017) „"Now" has an infinitesimal positive duration“, In: S. Wuppuluri & G. Ghirardi (eds.), Space, time and the limits of human understanding, Dordrecht, Springer, 271–277.