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Dimensions of Time and Life

Dimensions of Time and Life Dimensions of Time and Life The Study of Time VIII Abstracts of articles published from the eighth conference of the International Society for the Study of Time, Cerisy-la-Salle, France. Edited by J. T. Fraser and M. P. Soulsby International Universities Press, 1996 Time and the Origin of Life J. T. Fraser This paper interprets the coming about of life entirely in temporal terms. It is an attempt to formulate a principle - that of biogenesis - in a manner that is uncom- mitted to any of its specific manifestations. Seeking such a general model of a process is a practice traditional in natural science. The argument begins with a survey of the spectrum of biological cycles in species alive today. The findings suggest that oscillatory processes in living organisms are much more than adaptive measures. Instead, biological oscillations, observed across a frequency range of 24 orders of magnitude and synchronized from instant to instant, constitute the life process. In the phenomenal world, the inner syn- chronization is manifest as the organic present. It is thus that life creates a “now” in the presentless world of nonliving matter. The organic present so born and maintained allows for a distinction http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Kronoscope Brill

Dimensions of Time and Life

Kronoscope , Volume 5 (2): 291 – Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/156852405774858672
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Dimensions of Time and Life The Study of Time VIII Abstracts of articles published from the eighth conference of the International Society for the Study of Time, Cerisy-la-Salle, France. Edited by J. T. Fraser and M. P. Soulsby International Universities Press, 1996 Time and the Origin of Life J. T. Fraser This paper interprets the coming about of life entirely in temporal terms. It is an attempt to formulate a principle - that of biogenesis - in a manner that is uncom- mitted to any of its specific manifestations. Seeking such a general model of a process is a practice traditional in natural science. The argument begins with a survey of the spectrum of biological cycles in species alive today. The findings suggest that oscillatory processes in living organisms are much more than adaptive measures. Instead, biological oscillations, observed across a frequency range of 24 orders of magnitude and synchronized from instant to instant, constitute the life process. In the phenomenal world, the inner syn- chronization is manifest as the organic present. It is thus that life creates a “now” in the presentless world of nonliving matter. The organic present so born and maintained allows for a distinction

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